---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2529"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2529 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Euer", "Goldin", "Seveney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf39010-0c6d-473c-8882-5842363a4ab2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5572a4789494b475777416f918ecfd29afc2be703da4c262329ca73efda4b076"
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 2529 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides full year insurance coverage for contraceptives and would provide coverage thereto. Section 9 of this act, pertaining to Medicaid, would take effect July 1, 2019. The remaining sections would take effect April 1, 2019.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2529 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2529A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/cdf39010-0c6d-473c-8882-5842363a4ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).