---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE LOTTERY - LOTTERY SALES AGENT RENEWAL PERIOD (Extends the renewal period for lottery sales agent's license from one year to two (2) years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE LOTTERY - LOTTERY SALES AGENT RENEWAL PERIOD (Extends the renewal period for lottery sales agent's license from one year to two (2) years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7790"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7790 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5f0e805-813b-4424-a13d-e551f314a87e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5003a3f947feda9e4c13cfe7b5c424cf33b0630f360ae14028ca04b2429fb03b"
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 7790 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - STATE LOTTERY - LOTTERY SALES AGENT RENEWAL PERIOD (Extends the renewal period for lottery sales agent's license from one year to two (2) years.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7790** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7790.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2022)
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/d5f0e805-813b-4424-a13d-e551f314a87e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).