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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE"
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description: "Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 6383"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 6383 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Fascia", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Messier", "Potter"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-06-04"
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last_action: "2025-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32786127-0431-43a7-8c90-215bfec5acb2"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f94edc7554a44426292f9f7c4204e8f296809c263a95095d910edc78e6c364f1"
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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 6383 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE
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Amends the definition of “hobby breeder” to limit the sale or offering for sale to no more than two (2) litters of dogs or cats, or a combination thereof, in a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period.
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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. **6383 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6383A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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- Fascia — primary (person)
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- Furtado — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Messier — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2025)
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/32786127-0431-43a7-8c90-215bfec5acb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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