Legislative Status Report (May 30, 2011) Legislative Status Report Please note that a number of bills have not been scheduled for a vote yet and are being held for further study. Please call your Senator and Representative and ask for his/her support on these bills. Requested by Defenders of Animals (N0-kill legislation)Senate Bill No.91 BY Tassoni, Fogarty P, DeVall ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - ANIMAL CARE (would require that animal shelters establish a registry of all organizations willing to accept animals for adoption or long-term placement, and would further require that animal shelters met certain conditions prior to euthanizing an animal) 01/27/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Supported by Defenders of Animals Senate Bill No.92 BY Perry, Tassoni, Sosnowski, DeVall, Miller ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL ABUSE OFFENDERS (would prohibit persons convicted of animal cruelty from possessing or residing with animals) 01/27/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Supported by Defenders of Animals Senate Bill No.93 BY Tassoni, DeVall, Crowley ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (require any person hired at an animal shelter, whether it be as a new employee or current employee, subsequent to January 1, 2012, to achieve a certain level of training offered by the National Animal Control Association) 01/27/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Supported by Defenders of Animals Senate Bill No.94 BY DeVall, Tassoni, Crowley, Jabour, Nesselbush ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SALE OR ADOPTION OF SPAYED OR NEUTERED CATS (would impose a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) to be paid to the state department of environmental management on any licensed releasing agency offering unspayed or unneutered cats for sale or adoption) 01/27/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study 05/25/2011 Scheduled for consideration 05/25/2011 Committee continued Defenders of Animals Supports Senate Bill No.138 BY Tassoni, Fogarty P, DiPalma, Ruggerio ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (require any person hired at an animal shelter, whether it be as a new/current employee, subsequent to January 1, 2012, to achieve certain level of training offered by National Animal Control Association in order to be hired) 02/03/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Requested by Defenders of Animals Senate Bill No.140 BY Tassoni, Lombardo, Doyle, Perry, DeVall ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - DOGS (would provide guidelines/penalties for any person that keeps a dog outside tethered/penned/caged/fenced/confined without adequate shelter from the elements and would add definitions to the chapter on cruelty to animals) 02/03/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study 04/27/2011 Scheduled for consideration 04/27/2011 Committee heard Requested by Defenders of Animals Senate Bill No.141 BY Tassoni, Bates, Lombardo, Perry, DeVall ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL ABUSER REGISTRY (would create an animal abuser registry and would provide for penalties for failure to register) 02/03/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Defenders of Animals supports with specific recommendations Senate Bill No.143 BY Fogarty P, Perry, Tassoni ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- RHODE ISLAND SPAY AND NEUTER FUND (would establish the Rhode Island Spay and Neuter Fund to assist residents of the state in paying all or part of any costs associated with reducing the numbers of homeless animals through spaying and neutering) 02/03/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study 04/26/2011 Committee transferred to Senate Finance 05/25/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 05/25/2011 Committee heard Requested by Defenders of Animals Senate Bill No.160 BY Tassoni, Doyle, Hodgson, Crowley ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- CRUELTY (would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to confine any animal in a motor vehicle in such a manner that places it in a life or health threatening situation by exposure to a prolonged period of extreme heat or cold) 02/03/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary (Requested by Defenders of Animals through Senator John J. Tassoni) Senate Bill No.266 BY Ruggerio, Perry, Gallo, Miller, Tassoni ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS 2/10/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 03/09/2011 Scheduled for hearing 03/09/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study (Ban on devocalization of dogs/cats) Defenders of Animals supports Senate Bill No.458 SUB A BY Ruggerio, Perry, Tassoni, Miller ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would prohibit the docking of the tails of cattle except under certain conditions) 03/10/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 04/06/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 04/06/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study 05/25/2011 Scheduled for consideration 05/25/2011 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 05/26/2011 Placed on Senate Calendar Defenders of Animals opposes this bill in its present form Senate Bill No.751 BY Perry, Crowley, Miller, DeVall ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - ANIMAL RIGHTS LICENSE PLATE (would empower the division of motor vehicles to make available a special design license plate to support animal health and welfare) {LC2169/1} 03/23/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs 04/06/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 04/06/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Defenders of Animals Opposes Senate Bill No.848 BY DiPalma, Ottiano, Bates, Paiva Weed ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - FUR-BEARING ANIMALS (would eliminate any references in the general laws relating to the use of steel jawed leghold traps, and instead references foothold traps as a means of use through a special permit for the purpose of abating an animal nuisances on one's property) 04/14/2011 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture 05/04/2011 Scheduled for hearing 05/04/2011 Committee heard Defenders of Animals Supports House Bill No.5358 BY Petrarca, Winfield, Serpa, Ucci ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would require any person hired at an animal shelter, subsequent to January 1, 2012, to achieve a certain level of training offered by the National Animal Control Association in order to be hired or to maintain employment) 02/15/2011 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary 03/23/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 03/23/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Companion bill to Senator Tassoni's bill in the Senate: The Senate bill was Requested by Defenders of Animals House Bill No.5522 BY Coderre E, Bennett, Naughton, Flaherty ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL ABUSE OFFENDERS (would prohibit persons convicted of animal cruelty from possessing or residing with animals) 03/02/2011 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary 03/23/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 03/23/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study Companion bill to Senator Tassoni's bill in the Senate requested by Defenders of Animals House Bill No.5535 BY Silva ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would require any person hired at an animal shelter, whether it be as a new employee or current employee, subsequent to 1/1/12, to achieve a certain level of training offered by the NACA in order to be hired or to maintain employment.) 03/02/2011 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary 03/23/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 03/23/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study House Bill No.5690 BY DeSimone, Slater ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - DOGS 03/03/2011 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary Defenders of Animals opposes House Bill No.6083 BY Ruggiero, Jackson, Reilly, Ferri, McNamara ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - FUR-BEARING ANIMALS (would eliminate any references in the general laws relating to the use of steel jawed leghold traps, and instead references foothold traps as a means of use through a special permit for the purpose of abating an animal nuisances on one's property.) 04/28/2011 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources 05/12/2011 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration 05/12/2011 Committee recommended measure be held for further study   More...

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