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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 37 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Conley", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3908b8-2a81-4ee3-bd2c-a2ad43770350"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2bb131ffc73b48d4c028d0afba68274d1c28c687afba05b49694e8b5b4fa409e"
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 37 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES, TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING (Authorizes and provide for online sports wagering through authorized hosting facilities in Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **37 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0037A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **334** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **648** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Algiere — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-16** 01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2019)
- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2019-02-06** 02/06/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/13/2019)
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2019)
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-03-19** 03/19/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 03/25/2019 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/5d3908b8-2a81-4ee3-bd2c-a2ad43770350`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).