---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES"
description: "Replaces the term \"the drug naloxone\" with the term \"opioid antagonist\" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2982"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2982 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-16"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c766ec-36e6-476b-8bb7-43b23e1cabc4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f712ccecd5d590450f134b11272d42dd81920e9e14a72e7cd963b9091dd43e93"
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 2982 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND RESERVES

Replaces the term "the drug naloxone" with the term "opioid antagonist" in chapters regulating life insurance policies and group life insurance policies.

## Version chain

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

1. **2982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2982.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/e1c766ec-36e6-476b-8bb7-43b23e1cabc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).