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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7409"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7409 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Lima", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/149b33f6-87d1-4aaa-8745-8432c515b012"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "476075bafe9d1e181722f74ec15e92b8cdaaf230d2cdf88e6a660701c65d4b3f"
+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 7409 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7409 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7409A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
+- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2018)
+- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/149b33f6-87d1-4aaa-8745-8432c515b012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+