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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2225"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2225 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Satchell", "Sheehan", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d42cbd-f745-4438-9115-4500449ee2b1"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "5a6d92563c5b9b204d5a43d8845ce032f8a4027cceabb74f3fb651667b4213d8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2225 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2225 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2225aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+- Sheehan — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
+- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2018)
+- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/10/2018)
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d42cbd-f745-4438-9115-4500449ee2b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+