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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPLACEMENT PARTS (Provides that insurance companies may not mandate the use of aftermarket parts without the owner's consent on motor vehicles less than 48 months beyond manufacture date.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPLACEMENT PARTS (Provides that insurance companies may not mandate the use of aftermarket parts without the owner's consent on motor vehicles less than 48 months beyond manufacture date.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2679"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2679 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-20"
last_action: "2018-07-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764e82fc-55c7-4c77-8c83-876c4a113b3e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5847dc4f5824c0b20f46e9c462415cda9831fd0d71efe6afca87bedc1da8cb60"
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 2679 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - MOTOR VEHICLE BODY REPLACEMENT PARTS (Provides that insurance companies may not mandate the use of aftermarket parts without the owner's consent on motor vehicles less than 48 months beyond manufacture date.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2679 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2679B.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **350** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **321** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **330** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **5217** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-04** 07/04/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/764e82fc-55c7-4c77-8c83-876c4a113b3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).