---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY -- CAPTIVE HUNTING PROHIBITED"
description: "Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals and does not prohibit the release of domestic game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2732"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2732 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "LaMountain", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9a77df-71f8-461e-a93d-1c09b02ac874"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "214aa8357ba28a5aab7deff468c317f3d72431a70cab6c007187393e7de57f3a"
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 2732 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY -- CAPTIVE HUNTING PROHIBITED

Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals and does not prohibit the release of domestic game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves.

## Version chain

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

1. **2732 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2732A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 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`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 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 of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/af9a77df-71f8-461e-a93d-1c09b02ac874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).