---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- TRAVEL INSURANCE ACT (Creating the travel insurance act to establish comprehensive/uniform regulatory framework for travel insurance. Clarifying/bolstering enforcement authority over participants in the travel insurance industry.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- TRAVEL INSURANCE ACT (Creating the travel insurance act to establish comprehensive/uniform regulatory framework for travel insurance. Clarifying/bolstering enforcement authority over participants in the travel insurance industry.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5207"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5207 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Casey", "Johnston", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40b47ed4-2cf4-486b-81e4-a9eaa464e90a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "83ec6bf77c0dd613df11e30bba94ed66532f0bafdfe2b10ae1298f3e76af6b24"
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 5207 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- TRAVEL INSURANCE ACT (Creating the travel insurance act to establish comprehensive/uniform regulatory framework for travel insurance. Clarifying/bolstering enforcement authority over participants in the travel insurance industry.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5207 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5207A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2019)
- **2019-02-05** 02/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/40b47ed4-2cf4-486b-81e4-a9eaa464e90a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).