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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.) AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2018 HB 7641 Rhode Island HB 7641 (2018)
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Rhode Island HB 7641 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)

Version chain

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

  1. 7641 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 690 (pass) · lower
  • AS AMENDED — 690 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Corvese — primary (person)
  • O'Brien — primary (person)
  • Serpa — primary (person)
  • Shekarchi — primary (person)
  • Winfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-15 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-03-16 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
  • 2018-03-20 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2018-05-18 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
  • 2018-05-23 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-05-25 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2018)
  • 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee
  • 2018-06-08 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2018)
  • 2018-06-13 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
  • 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 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/0b2727b1-91c2-4ac8-b307-8560ed945f51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).