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Bill Status: Died |
 | Animal Cruelty Penalties
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2008/S.B. 2254 & H.B. 7890/H.B. 7934
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Increases penalties for animal cruelty. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Protective Orders
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2019 / S.B. 2242 & H.B. 7169 / H.B. 7290
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Requires a court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Tethering
Bill Number: RI SB 2153
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Provides guidelines and penalties for any person that keeps a dog outside tethered, penned, caged, fenced or otherwise confined. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Civil Actions
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2312 & H.B. 7935
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Would allow for civil action remedies for owners of injured animals owners. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Adequate Shelter
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2096 & S.B. 2212
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Provides guidelines and penalties for any person that keeps a dog outside tethered, penned, caged, fenced or otherwise confined without adequate shelter from the elements. |
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Bill Status: Passed Senate |
| Forfeiture of Animals
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2256
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Would permit forfeiture of all rights of an owner who mistreats, fails to feed, etc. an animal and would require appropriate and adequate shelter for a dog in accordance with his or her size or breed. It would also increase the fine for mistreatment. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Definitions
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2255 & H.B.7818
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Adds definitions of proper food, proper water and proper veterinary care to the chapter on cruelty to animals. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Pets in Disasters
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2211
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Provides that the Rhode Island emergency management agency would institute and manage an animal emergency management plan. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Puppy Mills
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2210
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Regulates direct sales and distribution of puppies to the public in order to prevent mass production. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Extreme Temperatures
Bill Number: RI S.B. 2101 & H.B. 7284
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Prohibits any person from keeping a dog tethered, penned, caged, fenced or confined outside for more than thirty minutes without access to outdoor housing when the temperature is beyond the weather safety scale. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Animal Cruelty
Bill Number: RI S. 2617
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Defines various types of animal abuse and penalties involved. |
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Bill Status: Signed into Law |
| Ban on Double Decker Horse Transport
Bill Number: RI S. 2566 & H. 8425
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Provides that no person may transfer any equidae in a vehicle or trailer containing two (2) or more levels of equidae. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Antifreeze
Bill Number: RI H.B. 7521
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Regulates the contents of engine coolant and antifreeze by limiting a percentage of the denatonium benzoate. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Mourning Doves
Bill Number: RI S. 2393
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Makes it unlawful to hunt, take, kill, destroy, buy, sell or offer for sale or possess at any time the species of bird known as mourning dove.
>> See what happened to this bill. |
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Bill Status: Died |
| Animal Fighting Imprisonment
Bill Number: RI S. 2030
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Provides for mandatory imprisonment for convictions related to animal fighting. |
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