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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT"
+description: "Raises the percentage from eighty percent (80%) to eighty-five percent (85%) regarding declaring a vehicle a total loss."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3115"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3115 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Gallo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-13"
+last_action: "2026-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd4deaa3-9aaf-40c0-aa31-54dbe4bdf9d8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1e024e7be9c9668d62aa6aa87ab73248dadfd23c583c62fda277e919cda7a4f0"
+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 3115 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT
+
+Raises the percentage from eighty percent (80%) to eighty-five percent (85%) regarding declaring a vehicle a total loss.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3115.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/cd4deaa3-9aaf-40c0-aa31-54dbe4bdf9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+