---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
description: "Increases the fines for dog ordinance violations in the town of Barrington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7221"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7221 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b42601-3dfb-4511-aaa5-f1e6f83c972f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0ee398545c5a82b11f3c24bcafe3bfd82616de7e7d7ca06a0bd04d694e60f61e"
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 7221 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS

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

## Version chain

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

1. **7221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7221.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)
- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/17/2026)
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/24/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2026)
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/14/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-22** 04/22/2026 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/23b42601-3dfb-4511-aaa5-f1e6f83c972f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).