---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7409"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7409 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Lima", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/149b33f6-87d1-4aaa-8745-8432c515b012"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "476075bafe9d1e181722f74ec15e92b8cdaaf230d2cdf88e6a660701c65d4b3f"
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 7409 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7409 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7409A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 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
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/149b33f6-87d1-4aaa-8745-8432c515b012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).