---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
description: "Permits the town council of the town of Hopkinton to enact ordinances which increase the fines pertaining to the violation of any dog ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8060"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8060 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cotter", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-13"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8eba3a-7241-4762-baa4-03b0bd7bdea7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a78280e4470b8b506531c5aee581311ce617b01dcb4f06f90c373fc99241dd95"
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 8060 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS

Permits the town council of the town of Hopkinton to enact ordinances which increase the fines pertaining to the violation of any dog ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **8060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8060.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2024)
- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/0d8eba3a-7241-4762-baa4-03b0bd7bdea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).