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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Requires any organization licensed by the department of BHDDH with 250 or more employees to have background checks conducted by the attorney general's office and require checks every 5th year of continuous employment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Requires any organization licensed by the department of BHDDH with 250 or more employees to have background checks conducted by the attorney general's office and require checks every 5th year of continuous employment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7826"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7826 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "Edwards", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9362952-81b2-48eb-87bf-5542a6db9254"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f22279fa39d4c87f66926ef1020b673451ef1966ae7487d77326f2cbb35b19d3"
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 7826 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Requires any organization licensed by the department of BHDDH with 250 or more employees to have background checks conducted by the attorney general's office and require checks every 5th year of continuous employment.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7826 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7826A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **664** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2022)
- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A 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/b9362952-81b2-48eb-87bf-5542a6db9254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).