---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Amends the composition of the Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease Research and Treatment\" to include 6 additional members and renames the council the \"Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Amends the composition of the Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease Research and Treatment\" to include 6 additional members and renames the council the \"Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8258"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8258 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Blazejewski", "Diaz", "Hull", "McNamara", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-18"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c289ed-52ad-42a9-a3b0-4a03852d3f81"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "06ff4ab231e0e8540f2914f8703c4af7d9246b2537b15bff5894cfc6346b88ea"
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 8258 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND PROGRAM TO ADDRESS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (Amends the composition of the Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease Research and Treatment" to include 6 additional members and renames the council the "Advisory Council on Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders.")

## Version chain

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

1. **8258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8258.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2022)
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent 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/16c289ed-52ad-42a9-a3b0-4a03852d3f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).