republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2507.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	SB 2507	Rhode Island SB 2507 (2018)	bill	Cities & Towns Fish & Wildlife Licenses	enacted	Coyne DiPalma Felag Seveney	1	16	2	2018-03-01	2018-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b5b7857e-a51e-4ff1-8cf2-ecb35adffdc9	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	e97da209d0265f7d336920afa72b1f4084a910b235cfe415bbd993e8aef937cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2507 (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. 2507 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 68–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Coyne — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Felag — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-01 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-30 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
• 2018-04-04 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-04-19 04/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
• 2018-04-25 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-26 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
• 2018-05-02 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed passage
• 2018-05-03 05/03/2018 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 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 in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House 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/b5b7857e-a51e-4ff1-8cf2-ecb35adffdc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).