---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PET CONNECTION, LLC"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PET CONNECTION, LLC"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 81 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58091b5-21d2-4d96-8c59-bac33794e74e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7630398c87c6136ee0ca9a9c46f84597b7c1dcbade4294527fee9bd5b1c470f4"
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 81 (2021) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF PET CONNECTION, LLC

## Version chain

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

1. **81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0081.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (02/02/2021)
- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2021)
- **2021-02-08** 02/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (02/22/2021)
- **2021-02-22** 02/22/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/02/2021)
- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 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/a58091b5-21d2-4d96-8c59-bac33794e74e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).