---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM INSURANCE (Requires a condominium association to provide a unit owner, whose unit has sustained insurance covered damages, with a written copy of the insurance company's damage appraisal.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM INSURANCE (Requires a condominium association to provide a unit owner, whose unit has sustained insurance covered damages, with a written copy of the insurance company's damage appraisal.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 198 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Insurance", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/773560ce-ec32-452e-b3d2-999c83b2c0fd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d7b841caaa43524bad26906d0b1062438a416e7597a41d7c562afbf02aee6e29"
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 198 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY - CONDOMINIUM INSURANCE (Requires a condominium association to provide a unit owner, whose unit has sustained insurance covered damages, with a written copy of the insurance company's damage appraisal.)

## Version chain

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

1. **198 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0198Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 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 of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/773560ce-ec32-452e-b3d2-999c83b2c0fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).