republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7045.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7045	Rhode Island HB 7045 (2018)	bill	Animals	enacted	O'Brien Serpa Shanley Shekarchi Solomon	1	16	6	2018-01-03	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/6cc65179-1a2f-4433-9e0b-09c7a473c595	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	8c950d4dca7d97f2534f4d8a6330d31d0fc3b7e34003e16351135f1d612f2449	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7045 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CARE OF DOGS (Prohibits mistreatment of animals by failing to provide adequate water, shelter or veterinary care.)

Version chain

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

1. 7045 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 53–13 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 55–12 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 57–10 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 52–14 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 52–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• O'Brien — primary (person)
• Serpa — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Shekarchi — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
• 2018-02-28 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-03-23 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2018)
• 2018-03-27 03/27/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-30 03/30/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/04/2018)
• 2018-04-04 04/04/2018 House passed Sub A passage
• 2018-05-03 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-27 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6cc65179-1a2f-4433-9e0b-09c7a473c595. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).