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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DISPOSITION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS (Requires educational institutions using dogs or cats for medical research to make animals no longer useful for research available for adoption.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DISPOSITION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS (Requires educational institutions using dogs or cats for medical research to make animals no longer useful for research available for adoption.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2980"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2980 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-06-19"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4ff44f-9198-4077-8c2f-f167a24f0fa2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "800144137e739be7dd2211eab02e57eabda4b010381692d0c8031b84d0b7ff18"
+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 2980 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DISPOSITION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS (Requires educational institutions using dogs or cats for medical research to make animals no longer useful for research available for adoption.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2980** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2980.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House 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/fe4ff44f-9198-4077-8c2f-f167a24f0fa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+