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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 5855"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5855 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Claims", "Finance", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Dawson", "Diaz", "McEntee", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Slater", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-03-01"
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last_action: "2023-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb156a3c-08de-4ac5-8d22-5a444b87d79e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "394a2424047e5e665023ae1a54ab9b2211e4ceb0264b0fdbb866221dae69e28e"
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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 5855 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES ACT (Amends the definition of unfair claims settlement practices by insurers & motor vehicle damage appraisers, and creates a chapter providing for the appraisal of damaged motor vehicles, when the insurer & the insured cannot agree on the amount of the loss.)
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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. **5855 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5855A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **64–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2023-03-05** 03/05/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/08/2023)
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- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
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- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2023)
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- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
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- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/bb156a3c-08de-4ac5-8d22-5a444b87d79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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