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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7121"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7121 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunha", "Kazarian", "Phillips", "Ruggiero", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056c93b9-5f80-4b51-aa8b-6df58c543ede"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "8066b5aae85f3309cfb1d2e4bb59dd49c17559f57ab3a367bb6ec5cd5fe4be2c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7121 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7121.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunha — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2018)
+- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/056c93b9-5f80-4b51-aa8b-6df58c543ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+