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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING"
+description: "Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/25."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2269"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2269 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Mack", "Pearson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-12"
+last_action: "2024-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a03ceb-8551-48b0-83c3-bd0391c79624"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f1900c0f4f4f78be199f4869cb5a7e0d534eb4eb42f5d18bdd9a2b2e95f1778a"
+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 2269 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING
+
+Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/25.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2269.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
+- **2024-03-12** 03/12/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2024)
+- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 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/30a03ceb-8551-48b0-83c3-bd0391c79624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+