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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES"
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description: "Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026."
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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: "SB 120"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 120 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "Paolino", "Patalano", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Sosnowski", "Urso"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188f5112-289d-4f7a-aa58-9be5d0815952"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "88040f940a843fe51b4bf4f5bcd8f83a6156f0b3bb80806e9333ccd6618ff3a7"
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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 120 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES
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Increases insurance coverage for hearing aids from one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($1,750), per ear, for all people regardless of age effective January 1, 2026.
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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. **120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0120.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appollonio — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- Paolino — primary (person)
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- Patalano — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
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- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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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 read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/188f5112-289d-4f7a-aa58-9be5d0815952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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