---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE--HEALTH INSURANCE (Establishes the Rhode Island reinsurance program that will provide reinsurance to insurance carriers that offer health insurance coverage on the individual market, to mitigate the impact of high-risk individuals on health insurance rates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE--HEALTH INSURANCE (Establishes the Rhode Island reinsurance program that will provide reinsurance to insurance carriers that offer health insurance coverage on the individual market, to mitigate the impact of high-risk individuals on health insurance rates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8351"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8351 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-22"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6d2a7d-f4f7-47da-910e-3a78eca4ea35"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "88830e5f927b182225891c99d4b34b6b1c90104e9f72fb4895833f36deb6432f"
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 8351 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HEALTH CARE--HEALTH INSURANCE (Establishes the Rhode Island reinsurance program that will provide reinsurance to insurance carriers that offer health insurance coverage on the individual market, to mitigate the impact of high-risk individuals on health insurance rates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8351.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **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/8f6d2a7d-f4f7-47da-910e-3a78eca4ea35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).