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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS"
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description: "Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9."
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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 559"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 559 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Murray", "Patalano", "Tikoian", "Urso", "Vargas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37a0c26-ed54-4afd-a7e2-eb47b9f9f22a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4594c17b0555e5fb7e53a9e047802a7e9394a5e526ca4afadab54d6b719aca6f"
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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 559 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
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Increases imprisonment penalties and adds mandatory community service for violations of § 4-1-9.
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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. **559 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0559A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appollonio — primary (person)
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Dimitri — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Patalano — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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- Vargas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
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- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 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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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/d37a0c26-ed54-4afd-a7e2-eb47b9f9f22a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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