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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CARE OF DOGS (Defines the term "adequate shelter" where dogs may be kept. It would limit the weight of any dog chain or tether to one-eighth (1/8) of the dogs total body weight. In addition it would limit the time dogs may be tethered outdoors.) AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CARE OF DOGS (Defines the term "adequate shelter" where dogs may be kept. It would limit the weight of any dog chain or tether to one-eighth (1/8) of the dogs total body weight. In addition it would limit the time dogs may be tethered outdoors.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2018 SB 2055 Rhode Island SB 2055 (2018)
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Rhode Island SB 2055 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CARE OF DOGS (Defines the term "adequate shelter" where dogs may be kept. It would limit the weight of any dog chain or tether to one-eighth (1/8) of the dogs total body weight. In addition it would limit the time dogs may be tethered outdoors.)

Version chain

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

  1. 2055 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 660 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 350 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Coyne — primary (person)
  • Goodwin — primary (person)
  • Lynch Prata — primary (person)
  • McCaffrey — primary (person)
  • Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-18 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-02-09 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2018)
  • 2018-02-14 02/14/2018 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 of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-05-24 05/24/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2018)
  • 2018-05-30 05/30/2018 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
  • 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
  • 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A 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/d4b4f85b-3761-4464-9640-02739fe7a543. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).