republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2297.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS	Deletes subsection (b) of this section which lists the furbearing mammals in the state and requires DEM to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for this chapter.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	SB 2297	Rhode Island SB 2297 (2024)	bill		enacted	Britto Burke Ciccone Lombardi McKenney Quezada Raptakis Rogers Sosnowski Tikoian	1	16	4	2024-02-12	2024-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b467eb15-0d73-4bd9-9404-487c1894319c	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	396d061aebc1b98d326daefe24740ba4c08065decd829d43fd53e512a08186e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2297 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- FURBEARING ANIMALS

Deletes subsection (b) of this section which lists the furbearing mammals in the state and requires DEM to promulgate by rule, a list of "furbearers" for this chapter.

Version chain

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

1. 2297 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 70–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• AS AMENDED — 70–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Britto — primary (person)
• Burke — primary (person)
• Ciccone — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• McKenney — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Raptakis — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)
• Tikoian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
• 2024-03-13 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2024-04-26 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2024)
• 2024-05-01 05/01/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 05/02/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-09 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed passage
• 2024-05-10 05/10/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-05-19 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
• 2024-05-21 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-28 05/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) reading-3
• 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) reading-3
• 2024-06-06 06/06/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-17 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b467eb15-0d73-4bd9-9404-487c1894319c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).