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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5539"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5539 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Cotter", "Diaz", "Morales", "Noret", "Roberts", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f0ee45-ba0f-4c68-8586-17622b5e5af0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2c796baf801f7743d51c2b5b960756c8a9b9fc54d7163fb4a705b2aeff807bfe"
+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 5539 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5539.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 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`
+- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2023)
+- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/18/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/46f0ee45-ba0f-4c68-8586-17622b5e5af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+