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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT"
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description: "Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a \"direction to pay\" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice."
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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: "SB 2681"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2681 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69668120-017d-40ac-9b94-5e5b9d419460"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "22a97775f4c4eb39906009c774358277206bb3c12e2654cd7abcd4d0160006a1"
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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 2681 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT
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Provides that any insurer refusing to honor a "direction to pay" executed by an insured for payment on a property damage benefit would constitute an unfair claims practice.
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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. **2681 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2681A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `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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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/69668120-017d-40ac-9b94-5e5b9d419460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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