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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE (Removes certain restrictions on who can perform routine husbandry procedures on livestock and allows a licensed human medical practitioner to assist a licensed veterinarian.) AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE (Removes certain restrictions on who can perform routine husbandry procedures on livestock and allows a licensed human medical practitioner to assist a licensed veterinarian.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2017 SB 559 Rhode Island SB 559 (2017)
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Rhode Island SB 559 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE (Removes certain restrictions on who can perform routine husbandry procedures on livestock and allows a licensed human medical practitioner to assist a licensed veterinarian.)

Version chain

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

  1. 559 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 710 (pass) · legislature
  • Passage — 370 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Archambault — primary (person)
  • Felag — primary (person)
  • Fogarty — primary (person)
  • Sheehan — primary (person)
  • Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-03-15 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee, introduction
  • 2017-04-07 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
  • 2017-04-12 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2017-04-21 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2017)
  • 2017-04-26 04/26/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-27 04/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/03/2017)
  • 2017-05-03 05/03/2017 Senate read and passed passage
  • 2017-05-04 05/04/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
  • 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
  • 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 House passed 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/c72b98a5-335a-4493-abc8-56109c2f7172. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).