---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY -- LIMITATIONS ON POLICY CANCELLATIONS AND RENEWALS"
description: "Amends the regulations on the cancellation and renewal of liability and property damage insurance for automobiles, homeowners insurance, residential fire insurance and components thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7066"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7066 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Boylan", "Kennedy", "Lima", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3af749db-f55a-4b69-8925-81c99fc0bf69"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5114d515a3121fe7cf5608bcebc570298292bb00b3670c6244206a679b70dce7"
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 7066 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY -- LIMITATIONS ON POLICY CANCELLATIONS AND RENEWALS

Amends the regulations on the cancellation and renewal of liability and property damage insurance for automobiles, homeowners insurance, residential fire insurance and components thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **7066 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7066A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/3af749db-f55a-4b69-8925-81c99fc0bf69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).