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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE"
+description: "Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 325"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 325 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f97680-475c-4e1d-8a70-807660f8e934"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3a6676eed8532b1d6b7a86cc2621d7e2560bd335649694d89486d09d12aa7573"
+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 325 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE
+
+Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **325 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0325aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
+- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
+- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/c5f97680-475c-4e1d-8a70-807660f8e934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+