---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6179"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6179 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Seniors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Messier", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3adf2928-6fa7-4c56-945d-f0eba1296f2b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "08cf1a39c83efe176500728c14797e52093fa06c01c60fce59e20d9d2da548d6"
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 6179 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES (Provides all Medicare recipients over sixty-five (65) years of age applying for Medicare supplement plan guaranteed issue rights regardless of medical or health or receipt of health care by the applicant.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6179 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6179aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/3adf2928-6fa7-4c56-945d-f0eba1296f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).