---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE"
description: "Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 325 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f97680-475c-4e1d-8a70-807660f8e934"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3a6676eed8532b1d6b7a86cc2621d7e2560bd335649694d89486d09d12aa7573"
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 325 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE

Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period.

## Version chain

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

1. **325 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0325aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/c5f97680-475c-4e1d-8a70-807660f8e934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).