---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines \"living donor\" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a \"living donor\".)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines \"living donor\" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a \"living donor\".)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1028"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1028 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-18"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3d2dea-51f2-4b09-a52d-8b2f75a5e4e0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d5f718629bfdf4813e12531c37f5f6cbf9e0e17adb7025bcaeed2c8712af32e4"
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 1028 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ORGAN DONORS IN DISABILITY INCOME, LIFE AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE ACT (Adds a new chapter which defines "living donor" and prohibits insurers from denying health insurance, including disability insurance and long-term care disability insurance on the basis of individual's status as a "living donor".)

## Version chain

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

1. **1028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1028.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/ef3d2dea-51f2-4b09-a52d-8b2f75a5e4e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).