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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT (Amends and expand the definitions of unfair claims practices committed by insurers with regard to physical inspection, performance of appraisals, retail valuation and total loss notification to owner.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT (Amends and expand the definitions of unfair claims practices committed by insurers with regard to physical inspection, performance of appraisals, retail valuation and total loss notification to owner.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 849"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 849 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-05-01"
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last_action: "2019-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e362463-d1a8-484c-8e44-e611d105da16"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "07d720061f4656bf22d9d9d323fb22877fd310335397b5ae36cf73da9a11353c"
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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 849 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT (Amends and expand the definitions of unfair claims practices committed by insurers with regard to physical inspection, performance of appraisals, retail valuation and total loss notification to owner.)
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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. **849** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0849.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2019)
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- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
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- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
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- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
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- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 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/0e362463-d1a8-484c-8e44-e611d105da16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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