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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY-- REGULATION OF VICIOUS DOGS Permits euthanization of vicious dogs upon finding that dogs condition warrants euthanasia or after determination that there is no reasonable placement for the dog/provides any municipality that surrenders dog to RISPCA shall be responsible for costs. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 SB 2538 Rhode Island SB 2538 (2024)
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Rhode Island SB 2538 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY-- REGULATION OF VICIOUS DOGS

Permits euthanization of vicious dogs upon finding that dogs condition warrants euthanasia or after determination that there is no reasonable placement for the dog/provides any municipality that surrenders dog to RISPCA shall be responsible for costs.

Version chain

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

  1. 2538 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 360 (pass) · upper
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 720 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ruggerio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-03-01 03/01/2024 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
  • 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
  • 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2024-05-29 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2024-06-05 06/05/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing referral-committee
  • 2024-06-07 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
  • 2024-06-10 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-20 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-24 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ad8f18d-6da4-49c2-bff3-47eebd6a02df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).