---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM (Provides that peer-to-peer car sharing, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and peer-to-peer car sharing program agreements are not considered rental vehicles.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM (Provides that peer-to-peer car sharing, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and peer-to-peer car sharing program agreements are not considered rental vehicles.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Ruggerio", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d818e02-591f-4190-b4a6-0eb3ced7aec3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "536a101452f634df7de1cee7c651659178c241f15969c21ab394833dedeaa1a7"
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 1 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM (Provides that peer-to-peer car sharing, peer-to-peer car sharing programs, and peer-to-peer car sharing program agreements are not considered rental vehicles.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0001B.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **66–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** 01/10/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-03** 04/03/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-04-26** 04/26/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/1d818e02-591f-4190-b4a6-0eb3ced7aec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).