---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS"
description: "Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1145"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1145 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-06"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e6d9d83-c85f-41f7-a8f8-6498a66cbb51"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "69304cf9c28fc6d1c8ac9be23d5c23b247a3db855caa51ac0cb27cf29adb2675"
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 1145 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.

## Version chain

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

1. **1145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1145.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/2e6d9d83-c85f-41f7-a8f8-6498a66cbb51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).