---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5763"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5763 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Fees", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Henries", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edec136d-ad41-4868-a38e-26b013a7c96e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6df711d3f2e003972ebf2dd05179e37ff821d0a9936934f03836d6bc28937f51"
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 HB 5763 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5763.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** 02/28/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2021)
- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 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/edec136d-ad41-4868-a38e-26b013a7c96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).