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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
+description: "Permits the town council of the town of Hopkinton to enact ordinances which increase the fines pertaining to the violation of any dog ordinance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8060"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8060 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cotter", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-13"
+last_action: "2024-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8eba3a-7241-4762-baa4-03b0bd7bdea7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a78280e4470b8b506531c5aee581311ce617b01dcb4f06f90c373fc99241dd95"
+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 8060 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS
+
+Permits the town council of the town of Hopkinton to enact ordinances which increase the fines pertaining to the violation of any dog ordinance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8060.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
+- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2024)
+- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d8eba3a-7241-4762-baa4-03b0bd7bdea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+