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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2025 | HB 5668 | Rhode Island HB 5668 (2025) |
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Rhode Island HB 5668 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Prohibits the declawing of cats by any surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove the cat's claws. Does not apply to any procedure performed for a therapeutic purpose.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 5668 SUB A (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 65–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- O'Brien — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-26 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-02-28 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- 2025-03-04 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2025-06-12 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A
passage - 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025)
reading-3 - 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
passage - 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-06-26 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f186c24-5fcb-4dfb-9d09-073247ce4509. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).