---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 23 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3d6b0f-c93d-45cc-91f7-699a039347d8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cea2c1a9938da1d6e997b432d204e452895f1363d536a638022c72adf35f9fb4"
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 23 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.)

## Version chain

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

1. **23 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0023B.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **10–25** (fail) · upper
- Passage — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **59–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-26** 04/26/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/6b3d6b0f-c93d-45cc-91f7-699a039347d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).