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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- DENTAL INSURANCE LOSS RATIO REPORTING AND STUDY ACT"
description: "Requires dental health insurance carriers to file an actuarial memorandum disclosing its incurred claims/earned premiums, to assist the health insurance commissioner with respect to a study report/recommendations regarding a dental insurance loss ratio."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7944"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7944 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/919244dc-4679-4954-809f-8d09bd9fd613"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b49675139e39210e6209fbf67f546dc91683e52428ca3c48d59b525074ed20e9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 7944 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- DENTAL INSURANCE LOSS RATIO REPORTING AND STUDY ACT
Requires dental health insurance carriers to file an actuarial memorandum disclosing its incurred claims/earned premiums, to assist the health insurance commissioner with respect to a study report/recommendations regarding a dental insurance loss ratio.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7944 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7944A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Voas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/919244dc-4679-4954-809f-8d09bd9fd613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).