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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: "SB 2744"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2744 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Ruggerio", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-08"
+last_action: "2024-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad294450-f7ee-4e07-b44e-c13dc647add6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f30bf6a43ed5d17d87641b3e88b821b0b77264c2f95d61ca1630633f3c387021"
+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 2744 (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. **2744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2744.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 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`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2024)
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House 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/ad294450-f7ee-4e07-b44e-c13dc647add6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+