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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic and foreign insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic and foreign insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5951"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5951 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance", "Domestic Relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Hearn", "Maldonado", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-03-17"
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last_action: "2017-07-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ccc5612-9eb7-4b83-ba0f-ca4f4372e41a"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "1b9c9d395651448b3f72b33eac29092e3f7796ba2d9afb16952d70aa705f1224"
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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 HB 5951 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE - UNFAIR COMPETITION AND PRACTICES (Prohibits domestic and foreign insurance companies from any distinction or discrimination against individuals in a domestic partner relationship regarding policies issued or renewed in this state.)
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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. **5951 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5951A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Blazejewski — primary (person)
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- Hearn — primary (person)
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- Maldonado — primary (person)
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- Shekarchi — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2017)
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- **2017-04-04** 04/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/7ccc5612-9eb7-4b83-ba0f-ca4f4372e41a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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