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Bill 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".) 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".) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2023 HB 5489 Rhode Island HB 5489 (2023)
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Rhode Island HB 5489 (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. 5489 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 700 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Baginski — primary (person)
  • Cortvriend — primary (person)
  • Donovan — primary (person)
  • Edwards — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • Kennedy — primary (person)
  • McEntee — primary (person)
  • Potter — primary (person)
  • Roberts — primary (person)
  • Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-10 02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-03 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
  • 2023-03-08 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2023-04-28 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2023)
  • 2023-05-02 05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-12 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-05-16 05/16/2023 House read and passed passage
  • 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) reading-3
  • 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Senate 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; origin ocd-bill/c7f05c38-9bac-484f-94d7-ef03ceea8d0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).