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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS"
description: "Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7091"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7091 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Potter", "Speakman", "Spears", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8022f4a-ee0d-4c8e-88ee-9148bbe8b7f0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9679fe6206def6e1ab3da9d34b94ab8734c5d7c08d8ba7075f5b2e269ce7fc0d"
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 HB 7091 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS
Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7091 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7091A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **598** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ajello — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/a8022f4a-ee0d-4c8e-88ee-9148bbe8b7f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).