---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines \"living donor\" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a \"living donor\".)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines \"living donor\" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a \"living donor\".)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5489"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5489 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Persons with Disabilities", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Potter", "Roberts", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7f05c38-9bac-484f-94d7-ef03ceea8d0f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b0db700a0a36238e09cb0d6364bcb14f77932048b91a95c754c520f920fee957"
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 5489 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines "living donor" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a "living donor".)

## Version chain

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

1. **5489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5489.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2023)
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/c7f05c38-9bac-484f-94d7-ef03ceea8d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).