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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2996"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2996 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-06-03"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b578841-961b-4b13-8962-65bbfe8c7c6e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "700a857b304af73013a61814c85d1a8d11dc23a116b0826b538ec27ceb1d2459"
+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 2996 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word "veteran" printed on its face.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2996.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/8b578841-961b-4b13-8962-65bbfe8c7c6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+