---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL"
description: "Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2150"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2150 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "DeLuca", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Morgan", "Paolino", "Rogers", "Tikoian", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6309bd94-16b4-4f88-b684-0b42b500ebc4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "290552dbb040f571c25abb2000f1b89ed1ac33bf5f2765199df1f09f2a55a27d"
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 2150 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL

Exempts egg laying hens kept for commercial egg production purposes from the provisions of chapter 4-1.1 until January 1, 2028.

## Version chain

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

1. **2150 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2150Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **27–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DeLuca — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/6309bd94-16b4-4f88-b684-0b42b500ebc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).