---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 536 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3df0f773-cd24-45f0-9898-077226e18536"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ad5609d7647a52c2087508828c91c4c12f0bf1bca86f061ba10fb5ee4ab01a49"
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 536 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)

## Version chain

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

1. **536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0536.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2019)
- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2019)
- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/3df0f773-cd24-45f0-9898-077226e18536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).