---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7045"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7045 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cc65179-1a2f-4433-9e0b-09c7a473c595"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8c950d4dca7d97f2534f4d8a6330d31d0fc3b7e34003e16351135f1d612f2449"
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 7045 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7045 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7045B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–13** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **55–12** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **57–10** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **52–14** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **52–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-03** 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/6cc65179-1a2f-4433-9e0b-09c7a473c595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).