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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Requires persons entrusted with an animal's care to report cruelty thereto.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Requires persons entrusted with an animal's care to report cruelty thereto.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7986"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7986 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Criminal Offense"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Ucci", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-03-22"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39fdf2c9-1368-460f-b9a3-b157934df039"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "1ac59239e8308978c391b6d2028a5afdf30b7a4ea23fd7a71dfafd014b384224"
+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 7986 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Requires persons entrusted with an animal's care to report cruelty thereto.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7986.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Ucci — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage 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 in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/39fdf2c9-1368-460f-b9a3-b157934df039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+