---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Establishes a special enrollment provision for pregnant women to obtain health insurance coverage at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Establishes a special enrollment provision for pregnant women to obtain health insurance coverage at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2548"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2548 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Quezada", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceb8ab05-61a8-4378-b189-9075d3dddebe"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "83a3843b6a635c959edabfed4dc383db0ca96b1c2e967a2848eb80a594380f40"
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 2548 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Establishes a special enrollment provision for pregnant women to obtain health insurance coverage at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2548 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2548A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- COVERAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/ceb8ab05-61a8-4378-b189-9075d3dddebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).