---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Expands family court jurisdiction to enter protective orders to provide for the safety and welfare of household pets in domestic abuse situations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Expands family court jurisdiction to enter protective orders to provide for the safety and welfare of household pets in domestic abuse situations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 225 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Courts", "Criminal Offense", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15e2904-d78b-4683-9283-deacd61c4601"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2adc08bbb139bec80bce9f194de011df15ad5e40d345763e7d8aa82a5fa8c1a8"
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 225 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DOMESTIC ABUSE PREVENTION (Expands family court jurisdiction to enter protective orders to provide for the safety and welfare of household pets in domestic abuse situations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0225.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2019)
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2019)
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/e15e2904-d78b-4683-9283-deacd61c4601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).