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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SEIZURE OF ANIMALS BEING CRUELLY TREATED (Authorizes certain state and municipal agents to take possession of animals found abandoned or neglected, and to proceed to provide all necessary care and treatment for the animal.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SEIZURE OF ANIMALS BEING CRUELLY TREATED (Authorizes certain state and municipal agents to take possession of animals found abandoned or neglected, and to proceed to provide all necessary care and treatment for the animal.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 5433"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5433 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals", "Cities & Towns"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Casimiro", "Morin", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a02ade4e-e2bb-4bee-a216-e5be4dad7df8"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "162d383f1c30e4d5dd187347cf5e2e4b09d15cd1956fc1870ea7b5ac7f2d55fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 5433 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SEIZURE OF ANIMALS BEING CRUELLY TREATED (Authorizes certain state and municipal agents to take possession of animals found abandoned or neglected, and to proceed to provide all necessary care and treatment for the animal.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **5433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5433.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **49–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ackerman — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Morin — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/03/2019)
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- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
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- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2019)
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- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2019)
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- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a02ade4e-e2bb-4bee-a216-e5be4dad7df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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