---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM"
description: "Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7736"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7736 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Boylan", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d426b6c7-2d0b-4be0-a030-d7879847b513"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "37a18faa83a2c6da691f885721bcc54b92fce97da4c9dcc3ceda2e09937545bd"
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 7736 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM

Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **7736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7736.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/28/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 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/d426b6c7-2d0b-4be0-a030-d7879847b513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).