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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
+description: "Increases the penalty for violations of the care of dogs statute to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8095"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8095 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Craven", "Finkelman", "Lima", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Slater", "Solomon", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3920f36d-6e74-4d77-b211-06519ccd72f7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2c44a530a4900efc2f7bc6d8da44c7270c11ee7a332e3ca4a113ef8851f0287b"
+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 8095 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS
+
+Increases the penalty for violations of the care of dogs statute to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8095** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8095.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **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`
+- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
+- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `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 in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/3920f36d-6e74-4d77-b211-06519ccd72f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+