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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines \"living donor\" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a \"living donor\".)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines \"living donor\" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a \"living donor\".)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5489"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5489 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Persons with Disabilities", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Potter", "Roberts", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7f05c38-9bac-484f-94d7-ef03ceea8d0f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b0db700a0a36238e09cb0d6364bcb14f77932048b91a95c754c520f920fee957"
+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 5489 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines "living donor" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a "living donor".)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5489.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2023)
+- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/c7f05c38-9bac-484f-94d7-ef03ceea8d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+