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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7091.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS"
+description: "Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7091"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7091 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Potter", "Speakman", "Spears", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-10"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8022f4a-ee0d-4c8e-88ee-9148bbe8b7f0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9679fe6206def6e1ab3da9d34b94ab8734c5d7c08d8ba7075f5b2e269ce7fc0d"
+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 7091 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS
+
+Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7091 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7091A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **59–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
+- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/a8022f4a-ee0d-4c8e-88ee-9148bbe8b7f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+