---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
description: "Increases the fines for dog ordinance violations in the town of Cumberland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7245"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7245 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Marszalkowski", "Phillips", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0032045a-826c-47c4-8296-162b6af9a23b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f4550ab4e77f552485d9272c1b9a63c350eeceeedf6e56177c541add880133af"
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 7245 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS

Increases the fines for dog ordinance violations in the town of Cumberland.

## Version chain

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

1. **7245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7245.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2024)
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/08/2024)
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/27/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** 02/27/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 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/0032045a-826c-47c4-8296-162b6af9a23b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).