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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs until fully weaned unless approval for sale in writing is obtained from a licensed veterinarian. Violations are punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs until fully weaned unless approval for sale in writing is obtained from a licensed veterinarian. Violations are punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2777"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2777 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-05"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64834f9-0330-428a-847a-d994486d68a3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "05ada48fdda870d13b2ad28460d592e6b18aa618b74d52dcd393cb7025d25f9c"
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 SB 2777 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs until fully weaned unless approval for sale in writing is obtained from a licensed veterinarian. Violations are punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2777 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2777A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **690** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lombardi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/f64834f9-0330-428a-847a-d994486d68a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).