republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7779.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7779	Rhode Island HB 7779 (2018)	bill	Cities & Towns Fish & Wildlife Licenses	enacted	Donovan	1	16	1	2018-02-28	2018-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/58133f8a-b854-465e-a4d7-e11a243eda59	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	dfa8e0fc50e330c1cac1c778ef82004d75841a57a49c323343b8925de058d747	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7779 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)

Version chain

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

1. 7779 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donovan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-28 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-09 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2018-03-12 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
• 2018-03-16 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
• 2018-03-20 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee transferred to House Environment and Natural Resources
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House read and passed passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-10 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58133f8a-b854-465e-a4d7-e11a243eda59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).