---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES"
description: "Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5494"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5494 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Noret", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56454b98-931a-4e35-ab70-a8e32409867a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "630ba7251e5581c52807686be7dbc9007e533658d0806299a195df9788bb2ef6"
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 5494 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES

Adds several consumer protections to existing Medicare Supplement law.

## Version chain

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

1. **5494 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5494A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/56454b98-931a-4e35-ab70-a8e32409867a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).