---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5241"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5241 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mattiello", "Morin", "O'Brien", "Shekarchi", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34284986-b16d-4783-8b6c-17003edadb72"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d12b5bc25192ff5bf981d524b65a58fd12af86b7cb9f6ca31a2c61a5a35289f9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5241 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5241 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5241A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **10–62** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **64–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2019)
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/19/2019)
- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 03/25/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34284986-b16d-4783-8b6c-17003edadb72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).