---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2996"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2996 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-03"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b578841-961b-4b13-8962-65bbfe8c7c6e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "700a857b304af73013a61814c85d1a8d11dc23a116b0826b538ec27ceb1d2459"
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 2996 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word "veteran" printed on its face.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2996.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/8b578841-961b-4b13-8962-65bbfe8c7c6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).