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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Requires criminal records check for all applicants for employment with BHDDH/any facility/program operated by BHDDH with routine, unsupervised with individuals/organizations employing 250 or more employees with checks every 5yrs. of continuous employment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Requires criminal records check for all applicants for employment with BHDDH/any facility/program operated by BHDDH with routine, unsupervised with individuals/organizations employing 250 or more employees with checks every 5yrs. of continuous employment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2221"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2221 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a16ca603-42f4-4cf7-9a31-05e29d82e74a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c5de3b2c4370c822e0ead71bb5b974451884f56bd674c4152a3c41526f47d282"
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 2221 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- EMPLOYEE CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK (Requires criminal records check for all applicants for employment with BHDDH/any facility/program operated by BHDDH with routine, unsupervised with individuals/organizations employing 250 or more employees with checks every 5yrs. of continuous employment.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2221 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2221Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK — **340** (pass) · upper
- CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Miller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/a16ca603-42f4-4cf7-9a31-05e29d82e74a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).