---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Legalizes iGaming by patrons located in the State of Rhode Island. Effective 4/1/2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Legalizes iGaming by patrons located in the State of Rhode Island. Effective 4/1/2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 948"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 948 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer Technology", "Gambling", "Lottery", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "F. Lombardi", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardo", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43aeafee-1ff1-4769-9566-358a451aeb13"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "28c630e9c4e92dd6963cbd4aee6711684988b333d4b94396fd4f3ebd9261f082"
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 SB 948 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Legalizes iGaming by patrons located in the State of Rhode Island. Effective 4/1/2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **948 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0948B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **59–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2023)
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/43aeafee-1ff1-4769-9566-358a451aeb13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).