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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES"
+description: "Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5494"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5494 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Noret", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56454b98-931a-4e35-ab70-a8e32409867a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "630ba7251e5581c52807686be7dbc9007e533658d0806299a195df9788bb2ef6"
+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 5494 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES
+
+Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5494 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5494A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
+- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/56454b98-931a-4e35-ab70-a8e32409867a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+