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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6314"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6314 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Keable", "Marshall", "O'Brien", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb42c322-f562-443c-86b4-9ff12749deaa"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "07bfcdc0d281760713974c7052cd736b522efc1ed3f24a6707b568b141b2b411"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 6314 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Allows a pound or animal shelter to put an animal up for adoption after ten (10) days if it has a tag or after five (5) days if it has no tag.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6314 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6314Aaa.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Craven — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Meeting postponed (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb42c322-f562-443c-86b4-9ff12749deaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).