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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION | Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2024 | HB 7970 | Rhode Island HB 7970 (2024) |
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Rhode Island HB 7970 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- DIVORCE AND SEPARATION
Creates a custody procedure for pets in divorce and separation proceedings based on the best interests of the animal. This act would not apply to assistance/service animals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 7970 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-03-05 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-04-18 04/18/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2024)
- 2024-04-24 04/24/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2024-05-17 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
- 2024-05-21 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024)
reading-3 - 2024-05-29 05/29/2024 House read and passed
passage - 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary
referral-committee - 2024-06-09 06/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2024)
- 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024)
reading-3 - 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence
passage - 2024-06-21 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2024-06-26 06/26/2024 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63d0b276-62d5-4afc-bd8f-499a3bf7d609. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).