---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 432"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 432 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93370ea2-c11f-481b-925e-69337fbcfd5c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "762b7ed56fa8a44831bafdbcdcc4ecc04bb951b55b81e950f9272476504d214d"
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 432 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **432 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0432A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 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
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/93370ea2-c11f-481b-925e-69337fbcfd5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).