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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PARTS"
description: "Prohibits insurance companies from refusing to use after market parts that are greater than 48 months and less than 72 months from the date of manufacture, provided the repairer has written consent from the owner of the vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2440"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2440 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2495a73-e3f9-4b36-9e82-30df9a323036"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "69c3a5dd893d2bb029d653cd78ec34b97fd24d720f9835a43f1cc40b08d3e30a"
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 SB 2440 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PARTS
Prohibits insurance companies from refusing to use after market parts that are greater than 48 months and less than 72 months from the date of manufacture, provided the repairer has written consent from the owner of the vehicle.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2440 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2440aa.pdf)
## Votes
- Approval of Amendment — **350** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **334** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **720** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-27** 05/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2495a73-e3f9-4b36-9e82-30df9a323036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).