---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5436"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5436 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Fellela", "Kazarian", "Lima", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632f0e9d-8e08-4c1b-955f-4bf0b69afebb"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "118d779bc2958d4cbaa37199db5f6f14432e17c104178898f8c804dd2d8a513d"
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 5436 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Defines pet trainers and requires pet trainers to be licensed. This act further provides an exception to the licensing requirements for dog training programs operated by government agencies.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5436 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5436Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **58–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-04-01** 04/01/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/03/2019)
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-06** 05/06/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2019)
- **2019-05-06** 05/06/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** 05/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/632f0e9d-8e08-4c1b-955f-4bf0b69afebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).