---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- EXAMINATIONS"
description: "Amends the statutory provisions regarding domestic and foreign insurers and insurer examinations to provide provisions with regard to cybersecurity events involving Rhode Island consumers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7281"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7281 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Edwards", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "O'Brien", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19dae73e-fd81-4ad4-9b72-4a0559c19880"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a8ab16d7f14feaae724869aedb76a26b5a919d33527996c0353413ca67c01d26"
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 7281 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- EXAMINATIONS

Amends the statutory provisions regarding domestic and foreign insurers and insurer examinations to provide provisions with regard to cybersecurity events involving Rhode Island consumers.

## Version chain

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

1. **7281 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7281A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2024)
- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-27** 05/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/19dae73e-fd81-4ad4-9b72-4a0559c19880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).