---
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: "SB 583"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 583 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Medical", "Medicare", "Seniors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc03ce8-037f-4a7e-a26e-3460806637c2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4aade438b2a5419a1f65532341357009df7976e4ea49b6a0301032cc31d16217"
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 SB 583 (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. **583 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0583Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- LC002104/2 — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A 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/7cc03ce8-037f-4a7e-a26e-3460806637c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).