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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 7409"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7409 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Lima", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "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: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/149b33f6-87d1-4aaa-8745-8432c515b012"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "476075bafe9d1e181722f74ec15e92b8cdaaf230d2cdf88e6a660701c65d4b3f"
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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 7409 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Excludes veterinary hospitals, residences used to care for no more than 4 animals as kennels. Exempts residential settings from obtaining kennel license.)
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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. **7409 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7409A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Canario — primary (person)
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- Lima — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Serpa — 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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- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
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- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2018)
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- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2018)
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- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
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- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
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- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/149b33f6-87d1-4aaa-8745-8432c515b012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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