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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES"
+description: "Replaces the term \"the drug naloxone\" with the term \"opioid antagonist\" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2982"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2982 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-16"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c766ec-36e6-476b-8bb7-43b23e1cabc4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f712ccecd5d590450f134b11272d42dd81920e9e14a72e7cd963b9091dd43e93"
+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 2982 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES
+
+Replaces the term "the drug naloxone" with the term "opioid antagonist" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2982.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed 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/e1c766ec-36e6-476b-8bb7-43b23e1cabc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+