---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY (Includes coverage for residential property for vandalism and malicious mischief unless the property has been vacant for more than sixty (60) days.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY (Includes coverage for residential property for vandalism and malicious mischief unless the property has been vacant for more than sixty (60) days.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2444"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2444 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Conley", "Gallo", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b100d33a-e2fa-42a0-b5b2-2dc2c19aee4f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b3e171ff10174788ecc1704bc30ac93e964b7115e0ffde02b702348e06a90abd"
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 2444 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY (Includes coverage for residential property for vandalism and malicious mischief unless the property has been vacant for more than sixty (60) days.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2444 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2444B.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2018)
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/b100d33a-e2fa-42a0-b5b2-2dc2c19aee4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).