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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO PUBLIC SAFETY DOGS AND HORSES (Provides special protection to public safety canines and horses that are intentionally or maliciously subjected to cruelty, injuries, or death, by increasing the potential criminal and civil penalties for the offenders.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO PUBLIC SAFETY DOGS AND HORSES (Provides special protection to public safety canines and horses that are intentionally or maliciously subjected to cruelty, injuries, or death, by increasing the potential criminal and civil penalties for the offenders.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 779"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 779 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals", "Civil Procedure", "Criminal Offense"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-04-04"
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last_action: "2019-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf06ad4-385c-4a4f-978b-4fceb8ecc43e"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "30c6184664f343067306649eaeaa8e4b13eedd23da9d948a2f71ef3b0fdd5d7d"
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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 SB 779 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO PUBLIC SAFETY DOGS AND HORSES (Provides special protection to public safety canines and horses that are intentionally or maliciously subjected to cruelty, injuries, or death, by increasing the potential criminal and civil penalties for the offenders.)
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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. **779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0779.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2019)
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- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
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- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/0bf06ad4-385c-4a4f-978b-4fceb8ecc43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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