---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL"
description: "Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2030."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7946"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7946 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Nardone", "Newberry", "Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e5aaca2-ba8c-4532-9618-e55703194d42"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "332ff25ece192bcf6ac22ba18700bad55879be5fe97562e8ab4e13a40f963d9c"
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 7946 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL

Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2030.

## Version chain

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

1. **7946 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7946A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **42–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Quattrocchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/3e5aaca2-ba8c-4532-9618-e55703194d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).