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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING"
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description: "Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/25."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7606"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7606 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Chippendale", "Cortvriend", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Handy", "Hull", "Kislak", "Phillips", "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: "2024-02-15"
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last_action: "2024-05-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25070835-d3a7-475b-8f2b-99142c87f5e9"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "37a8ea07724896214544ea9ed44def3fd8ca5fa378ece5251bf92eef23a7583b"
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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 7606 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING
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Prevents insurance companies from treating widowed persons differently than married persons when establishing or maintaining an insured's rate or classification respecting the operation of a personal motor vehicle. Effective 1/1/25.
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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. **7606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7606.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Chippendale — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Phillips — 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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- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
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- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2024)
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- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/02/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 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/25070835-d3a7-475b-8f2b-99142c87f5e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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