---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING"
description: "Allows any member of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Rhode Island to receive recreational freshwater and saltwater fishing licenses free of charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3079"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3079 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "McKenney", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c225883a-3cc6-46ed-81fc-ace321a3ca63"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0221bd2b9831ac79fb18442610b4461b8b51ebc111d40e02e878099c74da3c0f"
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 3079 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING

Allows any member of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Rhode Island to receive recreational freshwater and saltwater fishing licenses free of charge.

## Version chain

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

1. **3079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3079.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Meeting postponed (04/01/2026)
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/c225883a-3cc6-46ed-81fc-ace321a3ca63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).