---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1022"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1022 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-26"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16cb2f9-9ae9-4b8d-a18f-a6000caa3274"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2391407696c94e725c51fa2654046645dbdf65b63916a6d5ed771c3533a32905"
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 1022 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S1022.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/c16cb2f9-9ae9-4b8d-a18f-a6000caa3274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).