---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Establishes a special enrollment provision for pregnant women to obtain health insurance coverage at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Establishes a special enrollment provision for pregnant women to obtain health insurance coverage at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7454"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7454 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cassar", "Craven", "Felix", "Fenton-Fung", "Hull", "McGaw", "Morales", "Slater", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c606de48-8da0-473c-9d9e-29cca88dc749"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7c07182a17122f92cb6931d5d37935454d63d879c27dc253138dfc7445b4f0c8"
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 7454 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Establishes a special enrollment provision for pregnant women to obtain health insurance coverage at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7454 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7454A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** 02/24/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2022)
- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/c606de48-8da0-473c-9d9e-29cca88dc749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).