---
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: "SB 610"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 610 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Burke", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f3b5c47-ff45-4147-a7f0-f26d022a8471"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9c518b05607cfa51db7240bf18a32635660817c843405d72343a26503db3e9f9"
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 610 (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. **610 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0610B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-12** 05/12/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-21** 05/21/2025 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **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 B `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 B `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 B 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/2f3b5c47-ff45-4147-a7f0-f26d022a8471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).