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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 583"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 583 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Medical", "Medicare", "Seniors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc03ce8-037f-4a7e-a26e-3460806637c2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4aade438b2a5419a1f65532341357009df7976e4ea49b6a0301032cc31d16217"
+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 583 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **583 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0583Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- LC002104/2 — **32–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
+- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A as amended 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/7cc03ce8-037f-4a7e-a26e-3460806637c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+