---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5539"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5539 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Cotter", "Diaz", "Morales", "Noret", "Roberts", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f0ee45-ba0f-4c68-8586-17622b5e5af0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2c796baf801f7743d51c2b5b960756c8a9b9fc54d7163fb4a705b2aeff807bfe"
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 5539 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Requires insurers to provide coverage to children under court appointed guardianship of an insured.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5539.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/46f0ee45-ba0f-4c68-8586-17622b5e5af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).