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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE"
+description: "Restricts private vehicle property damage insurance coverage for a rental passenger vehicle, to the named insured and drivers listed on that private policy, unless the designated driver is specifically excluded."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 985"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 985 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Thompson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-04-16"
+last_action: "2025-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb616f2b-e30d-443f-b396-9c981487d412"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d9ebc7a5b2a2842a4bc706f0cfe543d3bcbfcf0bdb766b259c86c7348f549aaf"
+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 985 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE
+
+Restricts private vehicle property damage insurance coverage for a rental passenger vehicle, to the named insured and drivers listed on that private policy, unless the designated driver is specifically excluded.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **985 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0985aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–4** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb616f2b-e30d-443f-b396-9c981487d412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+