---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DISPOSITION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS (Requires educational institutions using dogs or cats for medical research to make animals no longer useful for research available for adoption.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DISPOSITION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS (Requires educational institutions using dogs or cats for medical research to make animals no longer useful for research available for adoption.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7414"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7414 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fellela", "Lima", "O'Brien", "Solomon", "Winfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8afc5ff-45e7-4409-ba5c-4dbf433452ad"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6b9976bd63a92a5962b05e55500f1c64d4102427413e546701cd006d7080b362"
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 7414 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DISPOSITION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS (Requires educational institutions using dogs or cats for medical research to make animals no longer useful for research available for adoption.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7414.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fellela — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Winfield — 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
- **2018-03-31** 03/31/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2018)
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee voted to reconsider
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/c8afc5ff-45e7-4409-ba5c-4dbf433452ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).