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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS"
+description: "Requires the department of environmental management to promulgate by rule, a list of \"furbearers\" for purposes of the furbearing animals chapter of the general laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7562"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7562 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Chippendale", "Costantino", "Cotter", "Craven", "Kazarian", "Marszalkowski", "Noret", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-09"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca341b29-181e-4481-8eef-8fed9783b5db"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "85a145ff50458ba65cddaaa3993e732371f52b29d2c44f4f8884e459b635cd8c"
+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 7562 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS
+
+Requires the department of environmental management to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for purposes of the furbearing animals chapter of the general laws.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7562 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7562A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/29/2024)
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
+- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/ca341b29-181e-4481-8eef-8fed9783b5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+