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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Increases the penalty for repeat convictions for animal cruelty.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Increases the penalty for repeat convictions for animal cruelty.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2135"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2135 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Criminal Offense", "Fees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-23"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41a00853-b651-4bc5-8e25-ffab20e8d96b"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "aa4f931cda9458260ef80417876cacf5fcb565b6f3efd1db5e2d5ca6504b6cc0"
+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 SB 2135 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Increases the penalty for repeat convictions for animal cruelty.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2135 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2135A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **44–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-23** 01/23/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2018)
+- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for 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 House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A 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/41a00853-b651-4bc5-8e25-ffab20e8d96b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+