---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL (Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL (Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7785"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7785 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2603f823-b67e-4e59-a37c-40147422420b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "901f423d0db50e3293602f9ecd86784ebd79f5058fcbea98b8d8b598bee96706"
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 7785 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL (Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7785.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2022)
- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/15/2022)
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (03/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 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/2603f823-b67e-4e59-a37c-40147422420b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).