RI H5025 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-27 - House read and passed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 27 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-27 - House read and passed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.
Title
Provides that the trapping and subsequent release of any unowned feral or free roaming cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering of the cat would not be considered abandonment.
Sponsors
| Rep. John Edwards [D] | Rep. David Bennett [D] | Rep. Tina Spears [D] | Rep. William O'Brien [D] |
| Rep. Raymond Hull [D] | Rep. Brian Newberry [R] | Rep. Michael Chippendale [R] |
Roll Calls
2025-02-27 - House - Passage (Y: 68 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-11 - House - House Committee on Judiciary: Passage (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-11 - House - House Committee on Judiciary: Passage (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-27 | House | House read and passed |
| 2025-02-21 | House | Placed on House Calendar (02/27/2025) |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Committee recommends passage |
| 2025-02-07 | House | Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2025) |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025) |
| 2025-01-13 | House | Committee transferred to House Judiciary |
| 2025-01-10 | House | Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services |
