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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7456"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7456 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animals", "Farms"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McKiernan", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-07"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a67f37ed-deb4-4b5d-abf8-6254f90fe52a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "626698fd8ff1347c585aeb9f13c9b5bd0276a5b2762917004df22ca9966eb7bf"
+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 7456 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7456 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7456A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **53–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/01/2018)
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2018)
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2018)
+- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2018)
+- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a67f37ed-deb4-4b5d-abf8-6254f90fe52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+