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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (Takes away the discretion of the sentencing judge in cases involving persons convicted of, or who entered a plea of nolo contendere to any misdemeanor or felony under the provisions of state law relating to cruelty to animals.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (Takes away the discretion of the sentencing judge in cases involving persons convicted of, or who entered a plea of nolo contendere to any misdemeanor or felony under the provisions of state law relating to cruelty to animals.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8170"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8170 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Hull", "Nardolillo", "Quattrocchi", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-05-04"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e71c0d6e-a161-45ba-b3b9-0470dfa60025"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "4a02936dc9145001bb9c4841d2c0ede126d086dd9d8d176a9bde78e2d26f8f0c"
+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 8170 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (Takes away the discretion of the sentencing judge in cases involving persons convicted of, or who entered a plea of nolo contendere to any misdemeanor or felony under the provisions of state law relating to cruelty to animals.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8170 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8170aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **47–7** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **64–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Nardolillo — primary (person)
+- Quattrocchi — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 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/e71c0d6e-a161-45ba-b3b9-0470dfa60025`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+