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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)"
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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: "SB 563"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 563 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals", "Criminal Offense", "Adoption"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Ruggerio"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-15"
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last_action: "2017-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7542b111-5161-4d1d-8728-4511451b9121"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "d4d2dbf9ca6a3acc584d05fb97c96c37fd3b3419ad0ee129151d76d279e65510"
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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 SB 563 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)
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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. **563 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0563Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · legislature
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- In Concurrence — **29–4** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Lombardo — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
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- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2017)
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- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/03/2017)
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- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Meeting postponed (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended `passage`
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 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/7542b111-5161-4d1d-8728-4511451b9121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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