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legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2529.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2529"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2529 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Euer", "Goldin", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf39010-0c6d-473c-8882-5842363a4ab2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "5572a4789494b475777416f918ecfd29afc2be703da4c262329ca73efda4b076"
+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 SB 2529 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2529 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2529A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 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 of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A 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/cdf39010-0c6d-473c-8882-5842363a4ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+