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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: "Raises the percentage from eighty percent (80%) to eighty-five percent (85%) regarding declaring a vehicle a total loss."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7866"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7866 (2026)"
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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", "DeSimone", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f81953d-16d3-4c86-8bb9-6e4f557ea9e1"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "aefd97ef097d09f35c4e2d9e087930d3872c5a50995a3adda2bb4838821111ab"
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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 7866 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- UNFAIR CLAIMS SETTLEMENT PRACTICES ACT
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Raises the percentage from eighty percent (80%) to eighty-five percent (85%) regarding declaring a vehicle a total loss.
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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. **7866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7866.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–4** (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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- DeSimone — 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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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2026-03-23** 03/23/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/26/2026)
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/0f81953d-16d3-4c86-8bb9-6e4f557ea9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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