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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: "SB 1028"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1028 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-18"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3d2dea-51f2-4b09-a52d-8b2f75a5e4e0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d5f718629bfdf4813e12531c37f5f6cbf9e0e17adb7025bcaeed2c8712af32e4"
+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 1028 (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. **1028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1028.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House 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/ef3d2dea-51f2-4b09-a52d-8b2f75a5e4e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+