---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7121"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7121 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunha", "Kazarian", "Phillips", "Ruggiero", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056c93b9-5f80-4b51-aa8b-6df58c543ede"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8066b5aae85f3309cfb1d2e4bb59dd49c17559f57ab3a367bb6ec5cd5fe4be2c"
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 7121 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7121.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunha — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2018)
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/056c93b9-5f80-4b51-aa8b-6df58c543ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).