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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 7121"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7121 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Health Care Affordability", "Health Care Plans/Services", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cunha", "Kazarian", "Phillips", "Ruggiero", "Serpa"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-11"
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last_action: "2018-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056c93b9-5f80-4b51-aa8b-6df58c543ede"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "8066b5aae85f3309cfb1d2e4bb59dd49c17559f57ab3a367bb6ec5cd5fe4be2c"
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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 7121 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE (Authorizes RI Health Exchange to seek waiver under Affordable Care Act to allow small business owners/sole proprietors to purchase health plans offered by RI Health Exchange.)
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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. **7121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7121.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cunha — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Ruggiero — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2018)
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- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
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- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/056c93b9-5f80-4b51-aa8b-6df58c543ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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