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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word \"veteran\" printed on its face.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2996"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2996 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-06-03"
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last_action: "2022-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b578841-961b-4b13-8962-65bbfe8c7c6e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "700a857b304af73013a61814c85d1a8d11dc23a116b0826b538ec27ceb1d2459"
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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 SB 2996 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (Waives the adoption fee to adopt a dog or cat from a public animal shelter for a veteran that presents a current and valid driver’s license or identification card with the word "veteran" printed on its face.)
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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. **2996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2996.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
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- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/8b578841-961b-4b13-8962-65bbfe8c7c6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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