---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE"
description: "Adds property damage to statutory underinsured motor coverage, rather than just uninsured motorist coverage, as it is presently."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7520"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7520 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Noret", "Read", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b50b1be-44fd-43af-85d8-2412f5cca5bc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8b3ef4fb3e6ac84995bf16ac0dccae05f1b39d9c7ff956cfdc753a2e33af1c4e"
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 7520 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE -- UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE

Adds property damage to statutory underinsured motor coverage, rather than just uninsured motorist coverage, as it is presently.

## Version chain

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

1. **7520 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7520A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-23** 03/23/2026 Meeting postponed (03/26/2026)
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/2b50b1be-44fd-43af-85d8-2412f5cca5bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).