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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 308"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 308 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Developmentally Disabled", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Handicapped"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d03ae9f3-9c71-47cf-97d1-c58a8db13fcb"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "769a5716ced50a7be0d27413c4979fe41f26137eb6b0254e73f5567a732457b7"
+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 308 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Prohibits misrepresentation of the status of an animal as a service animal in order to acquire any right or privilege afforded disabled persons.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **308 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0308A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2019)
+- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/d03ae9f3-9c71-47cf-97d1-c58a8db13fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+