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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5477"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5477 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Municipal Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hull", "Lima", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-15"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30b5dbf-b02d-4053-9b40-c09c74fce36e"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "26997143aa72c34b1da65307b45023df461d3c73f54e55dcef9053ab16d31292"
+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 HB 5477 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5477 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5477A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2017)
+- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/f30b5dbf-b02d-4053-9b40-c09c74fce36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+