---
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: "SB 2011"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2011 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0142364d-071e-489a-bd1c-16f6da54beb8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "01c47f1ed9f7b0e8f39ea976966382cb378a3caf4256af30b0803a8a301fd34c"
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 2011 (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. **2011 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2011A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-27** 04/27/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-04** 05/04/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/0142364d-071e-489a-bd1c-16f6da54beb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).