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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL"
+description: "Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2028."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2150"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2150 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "DeLuca", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Morgan", "Paolino", "Rogers", "Tikoian", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6309bd94-16b4-4f88-b684-0b42b500ebc4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "290552dbb040f571c25abb2000f1b89ed1ac33bf5f2765199df1f09f2a55a27d"
+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 2150 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL
+
+Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2028.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2150 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2150Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **25–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **27–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DeLuca — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
+- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/6309bd94-16b4-4f88-b684-0b42b500ebc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+