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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
+description: "Permits the town of Barrington to assess an annual dog licensing fee of seven dollars ($7.00)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7220"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7220 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Knight"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-21"
+last_action: "2026-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f3927a-a7ed-45fb-9b73-d716d779ab16"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5f0164934296437a24f2d1a517af09c1d4cc6e17d50438ec3a56ed728ab426d9"
+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 7220 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS
+
+Permits the town of Barrington to assess an annual dog licensing fee of seven dollars ($7.00).
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7220.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)
+- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/17/2026)
+- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/24/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2026)
+- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/14/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-22** 04/22/2026 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/61f3927a-a7ed-45fb-9b73-d716d779ab16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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