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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS"
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description: "Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state."
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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: "HB 7091"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7091 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Potter", "Speakman", "Spears", "Stewart"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8022f4a-ee0d-4c8e-88ee-9148bbe8b7f0"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "9679fe6206def6e1ab3da9d34b94ab8734c5d7c08d8ba7075f5b2e269ce7fc0d"
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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 7091 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE POLICIES -- LIFETIME LIMITS
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Repeals the authority of the health insurance commissioner to enforce any act of Congress/decision of federal court invalidating or repealing the prohibition of annual lifetime limits on health insurance in this state.
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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. **7091 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7091A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **59–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
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- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
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- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/a8022f4a-ee0d-4c8e-88ee-9148bbe8b7f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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