---
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: "SB 3"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2796db89-8bfc-441f-8950-1037f7dfe685"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd30bfcf7a99fd0acc4104ba9667cd497716427cb2716e1fbfb7a27011f19e2e"
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 3 (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. **3 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0003A.pdf)

## Votes

- INSURANCE POLICIES — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/14/2021)
- **2021-01-14** 01/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/26/2021)
- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-01-27** 01/27/2021 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2021)
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub A 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/2796db89-8bfc-441f-8950-1037f7dfe685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).