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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5855"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5855 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Claims", "Finance", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Dawson", "Diaz", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Slater", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb156a3c-08de-4ac5-8d22-5a444b87d79e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "394a2424047e5e665023ae1a54ab9b2211e4ceb0264b0fdbb866221dae69e28e"
+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 5855 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5855 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5855A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-05** 03/05/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/08/2023)
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2023)
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/bb156a3c-08de-4ac5-8d22-5a444b87d79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+