---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS"
description: "Permits the town council of the town of Hopkinton to enact ordinances which increase the fines pertaining to the violation of any dog ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3120"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3120 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-31"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962aea7f-d232-4bab-b928-c26ce21297a2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "746bacedc07e0f7642c55b23d350ff461e057803834bec3444372dd97b3b7de5"
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 3120 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS

Permits the town council of the town of Hopkinton to enact ordinances which increase the fines pertaining to the violation of any dog ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **3120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3120.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/962aea7f-d232-4bab-b928-c26ce21297a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).