---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE APPRAISAL"
description: "Changes the process by which a dispute between the insured and their insurance company, concerning property damages and requires that the umpire appraisers shall be disinterested and the cost shared equally."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6054"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6054 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Casey", "Corvese", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5685e56f-ed89-4733-93d9-0692413300b0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f437803b7299ab783225f8c31f85a31c24d9ede0be6602d88388f0f662655d3a"
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 6054 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE APPRAISAL

Changes the process by which a dispute between the insured and their insurance company, concerning property damages and requires that the umpire appraisers shall be disinterested and the cost shared equally.

## Version chain

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

1. **6054 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6054aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **65–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed as amended 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/5685e56f-ed89-4733-93d9-0692413300b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).