States / Rhode Island / HB 7197
HB 7197 Failed
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES
Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted
Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs as long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and no person other than the participants receive anything of value.
- Chamber
- House
- Introduced
- Jan 21, 2026
- Last action
- Jan 29, 2026 — 01/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Sponsor
- Carol McEntee D
- Session
- 2026
- Momentum
- 5 · Stalled