SB 550 Rhode Island Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Summary

Allows animal control officers in the cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned or neglected or hazardously accumulated and would increase penalties for malicious injury to or killing of animals.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action Jun 4, 2025

Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2025

How they voted

33–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 36

Jun 4, 2025

D Democratic32

29 Yea 3

90% Yea

R Republican4

4 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

8

Key actions

2

Committee

2

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A

upper

Jun 2, 2025

Legislature · Passed

06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A

legislature

Apr 10, 2025

Committee

04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

upper

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Jake Bissaillon

Matt LaMountain