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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 23"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 23 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Health Insurance", "Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-06-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3d6b0f-c93d-45cc-91f7-699a039347d8"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "cea2c1a9938da1d6e997b432d204e452895f1363d536a638022c72adf35f9fb4"
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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 23 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.)
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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. **23 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0023B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **10–25** (fail) · upper
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- Passage — **27–10** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **25–11** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **59–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
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- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2023)
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- **2023-04-26** 04/26/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
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- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/6b3d6b0f-c93d-45cc-91f7-699a039347d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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