---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSITION OF UNCOLLARED DOGS -- FOSTER (Authorizes the Foster town council to enact an impoundment fee for impounded dogs.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSITION OF UNCOLLARED DOGS -- FOSTER (Authorizes the Foster town council to enact an impoundment fee for impounded dogs.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2247"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2247 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Fees", "Foster"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10cc933e-72af-4e87-8958-4bca6e2acfea"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e06075922b39a1b3366d9e019fc8a348be6b3ccd13ad1982bd0960b3c3cab1d1"
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 2247 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSITION OF UNCOLLARED DOGS -- FOSTER (Authorizes the Foster town council to enact an impoundment fee for impounded dogs.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2247.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-29** 05/29/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2020)
- **2020-06-02** 06/02/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/10cc933e-72af-4e87-8958-4bca6e2acfea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).