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type: "Bill"
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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.)"
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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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 948"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 948 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Computer Technology", "Gambling", "Lottery", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "F. Lombardi", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardo", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-04-27"
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last_action: "2023-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43aeafee-1ff1-4769-9566-358a451aeb13"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "28c630e9c4e92dd6963cbd4aee6711684988b333d4b94396fd4f3ebd9261f082"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **948 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0948B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **59–11** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Lombardo — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2023)
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- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
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- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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