---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7136"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7136 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Place", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8785d00d-7182-4e20-8080-b0b9682bb930"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5fd5f083b39d4cdb15441b1dba90d3d0124cce76e35f5cbffd9a28bc37906c56"
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 7136 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word "veteran" printed on its face.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7136.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** 01/20/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2022)
- **2022-02-03** 02/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/8785d00d-7182-4e20-8080-b0b9682bb930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).