---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE (Updates and clarifies various insurance statutes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE (Updates and clarifies various insurance statutes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2746"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2746 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b286b0dc-54ec-4cce-aa44-2522b545aa86"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f9f1584b865463c62907a61bc57a80cada97f1c90f129efb84bbc461bba47704"
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 2746 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE (Updates and clarifies various insurance statutes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2746 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2746Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/b286b0dc-54ec-4cce-aa44-2522b545aa86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).