republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-341.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Requires that municipal animal control officers be certified by the National Care & Control Association.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 341	Rhode Island SB 341 (2017)	bill	Animals	enacted	Ciccone Miller Pearson Ruggerio Sosnowski	1	16	3	2017-02-16	2017-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/23cdb8f1-2c91-4997-8e7c-4e799519a763	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	31b5dfe0d66ce8cfca5f3bc62a3d25a2096bdd77e36df32e7caa58ce56471f80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 341 (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.)

Version chain

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

1. 341 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ANIMAL CARE — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ciccone — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-02-23 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
• 2017-02-28 02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2017)
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Referred to House Municipal Government referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
• 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-05 07/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23cdb8f1-2c91-4997-8e7c-4e799519a763. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).