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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES"
description: "Expands guaranteed issue rights for Medigap plan enrollees who enroll outside of a plans initial enrollment period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3282"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3282 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawson", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-12"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b672b12-9bf0-4413-9dc1-bb6cd3858aa3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "616df8f684f4f89e300417fae6660125a411695332883527ef31cd9457855a14"
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 3282 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE POLICIES
Expands guaranteed issue rights for Medigap plan enrollees who enroll outside of a plans initial enrollment period.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **3282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3282.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **675** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/6b672b12-9bf0-4413-9dc1-bb6cd3858aa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).