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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: "Makes it an unfair claims practice for insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to repair motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than 75% to 80% of the fair market value."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 6053"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 6053 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Biah", "Casey", "Craven", "Dawson", "DeSimone", "Kazarian", "O'Brien", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-03-12"
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last_action: "2025-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95a7a26-3f4c-4a6a-a9e4-fe7c6f00b9cf"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "5e558abe4e3dfce97378e2131056972efba83dcd3443b775d45407d8efcdba77"
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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 6053 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT
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Makes it an unfair claims practice for insurer to designate a motor vehicle a total loss if the cost to repair motor vehicle to its pre-accident condition is less than 75% to 80% of the fair market value.
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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. **6053 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6053A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Baginski — primary (person)
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- Biah — primary (person)
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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- DeSimone — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2025)
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- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
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- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/b95a7a26-3f4c-4a6a-a9e4-fe7c6f00b9cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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