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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs until fully weaned unless approval for sale in writing is obtained from a licensed veterinarian. Violations are punishable by 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 until fully weaned unless approval for sale in writing is obtained from a licensed veterinarian. Violations are punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2018 SB 2777 Rhode Island SB 2777 (2018)
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Rhode Island SB 2777 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs until fully weaned unless approval for sale in writing is obtained from a licensed veterinarian. Violations are punishable by 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. 2777 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 690 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 340 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lombardi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-04-05 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-04-19 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
  • 2018-04-25 04/25/2018 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
  • 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
  • 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
  • 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
  • 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A 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/f64834f9-0330-428a-847a-d994486d68a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).