---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Allows emergency medical treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty, which would include transporting by ambulance.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Allows emergency medical treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty, which would include transporting by ambulance.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7021"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7021 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Bennett", "C Lima", "Carson", "Craven", "Edwards", "Noret", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1e9e18-e832-4590-b40f-3421e03183d3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5c2887eb46982ae2408739fa90df81545a60d0225ebaefa2d9afb0304280b8f7"
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 7021 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE (Allows emergency medical treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty, which would include transporting by ambulance.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7021 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7021A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- C Lima — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** 01/10/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2022)
- **2022-02-03** 02/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-25** 04/25/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/03/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/fc1e9e18-e832-4590-b40f-3421e03183d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).