---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5457"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5457 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Johnston", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1df33a0d-9f0a-4940-9e1e-ab1200b8689a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bd8d2987e2603211058efc22dca65f0dae614315ab8d1d9f7084c90dc9623d8a"
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 5457 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE (Allows disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5457.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2019)
- **2019-02-26** 02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage 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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/1df33a0d-9f0a-4940-9e1e-ab1200b8689a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).