---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2443"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2443 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b410d256-9c44-457d-aa97-8b466a9de8c6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1473ad5a7dbc6fd275756a3f94586735cc3cfddfd7c8659280bd30cdacfa89ac"
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 2443 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Owners of animals in RISPCA custody to pay for animal's care or animal may be forfeited.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2443 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2443Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/b410d256-9c44-457d-aa97-8b466a9de8c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).