Bans the sale of parrots at pet stores from a breeder or broker. The pet store may sell parrots obtained from animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations. The sale also prohibits at any outdoor markets or retail parking lots.

Summary of Rhode Island Parrot Sale Bill

This bill would change where and how parrots can be sold in Rhode Island. Under the proposed law, pet stores would no longer be allowed to sell parrots that come from breeders or brokers — the businesses or individuals who breed or buy and resell birds for profit. Instead, if a pet store wants to sell parrots, the birds would have to come from animal shelters, animal care facilities, or rescue organizations. The bill would also ban the sale of parrots at outdoor markets and in retail parking lots, regardless of where the birds come from.

The bill would affect several groups of people. Pet store owners would need to change how they source parrots if they want to continue selling them. Breeders and brokers who currently supply parrots to stores would lose that sales channel. Shoppers looking to buy a parrot from a pet store would have fewer options and would only find birds that came through rescue or shelter systems. Animal rescue organizations, on the other hand, could potentially benefit by becoming the approved source for pet store parrot sales.

Currently, the bill has been referred to the House Corporations Committee and was recommended to be held for further study, meaning it has not yet moved forward in the legislative process. No vote has been taken, and the bill may be revised or reconsidered before any final action is made.