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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5477"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5477 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals", "Cities & Towns", "Police & Fire", "Municipal Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hull", "Lima", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-15"
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last_action: "2017-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30b5dbf-b02d-4053-9b40-c09c74fce36e"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "26997143aa72c34b1da65307b45023df461d3c73f54e55dcef9053ab16d31292"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5477 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5477 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5477A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Lima — primary (person)
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- Shanley — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2017)
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- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
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- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2017)
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- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f30b5dbf-b02d-4053-9b40-c09c74fce36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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