---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Repeals multiple sections of the general laws related to insurance, including §27-9-57 and chapter 75 of title 27 (\"Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact\").)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Repeals multiple sections of the general laws related to insurance, including §27-9-57 and chapter 75 of title 27 (\"Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact\").)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5934"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5934 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Business Regulation", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Johnston", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Messier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f1a0f91-e2b0-4abc-a848-a6838f5e6b8e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0b15394428d4a8d7e04be6cd6b126c70abe4c4bcd78e557c67b1a6e00c874a60"
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 5934 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING (Repeals multiple sections of the general laws related to insurance, including §27-9-57 and chapter 75 of title 27 ("Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact").)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5934** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5934.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-16** 03/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/04/2017)
- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2017)
- **2017-04-11** 04/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2017)
- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2017)
- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/7f1a0f91-e2b0-4abc-a848-a6838f5e6b8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).