---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS"
description: "Requires the department of environmental management to promulgate by rule, a list of \"furbearers\" for purposes of the furbearing animals chapter of the general laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7562"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7562 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Chippendale", "Costantino", "Cotter", "Craven", "Kazarian", "Marszalkowski", "Noret", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca341b29-181e-4481-8eef-8fed9783b5db"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "85a145ff50458ba65cddaaa3993e732371f52b29d2c44f4f8884e459b635cd8c"
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 7562 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS

Requires the department of environmental management to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for purposes of the furbearing animals chapter of the general laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **7562 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7562A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/29/2024)
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/ca341b29-181e-4481-8eef-8fed9783b5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).