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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: "SB 325"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 325 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Urso"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f97680-475c-4e1d-8a70-807660f8e934"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "3a6676eed8532b1d6b7a86cc2621d7e2560bd335649694d89486d09d12aa7573"
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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 325 (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. **325 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0325aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2025)
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- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
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- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended 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/c5f97680-475c-4e1d-8a70-807660f8e934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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