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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 3"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 3 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2796db89-8bfc-441f-8950-1037f7dfe685"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "dd30bfcf7a99fd0acc4104ba9667cd497716427cb2716e1fbfb7a27011f19e2e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 3 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES (Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on the gender of the individual policy holder, enrollee, subscriber, or member.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **3 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0003A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- INSURANCE POLICIES — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
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- SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/14/2021)
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- **2021-01-14** 01/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/26/2021)
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- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-01-27** 01/27/2021 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2021)
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
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- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2796db89-8bfc-441f-8950-1037f7dfe685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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