---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (Increases the membership of the governor's council on behavioral health from thirty-one (31) to thirty-two (32) members by adding the president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island or a designee.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (Increases the membership of the governor's council on behavioral health from thirty-one (31) to thirty-two (32) members by adding the president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island or a designee.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7296"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7296 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e13e55d-d51d-478e-ac8c-0e2aaa91af0b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2327611423b08520acc3801abd36ee4a48c0b9f4065905f52c1716e103374b27"
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 HB 7296 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (Increases the membership of the governor's council on behavioral health from thirty-one (31) to thirty-two (32) members by adding the president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island or a designee.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7296.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2022)
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for hearing (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee heard
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/7e13e55d-d51d-478e-ac8c-0e2aaa91af0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).