---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS"
description: "Deletes subsection (b) of this section which lists the furbearing mammals in the state and requires DEM to promulgate by rule, a list of \"furbearers\" for this chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2297"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2297 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b467eb15-0d73-4bd9-9404-487c1894319c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "396d061aebc1b98d326daefe24740ba4c08065decd829d43fd53e512a08186e9"
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 2297 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS

Deletes subsection (b) of this section which lists the furbearing mammals in the state and requires DEM to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for this chapter.

## Version chain

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

1. **2297 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2297aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2024)
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/b467eb15-0d73-4bd9-9404-487c1894319c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).