---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7456"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7456 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animals", "Farms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKiernan", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a67f37ed-deb4-4b5d-abf8-6254f90fe52a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "626698fd8ff1347c585aeb9f13c9b5bd0276a5b2762917004df22ca9966eb7bf"
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 7456 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL (Makes changes in the definitions of what constitutes unlawful confinement of any sow during gestation, calf raised for veal or egg-laying hen kept on a farm, and would apply them throughout the chapter accordingly.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7456 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7456A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKiernan — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/01/2018)
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/a67f37ed-deb4-4b5d-abf8-6254f90fe52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).