Section 22-3-9. – Engagement of legislators absent from organization meeting.
§ 22-3-9. Engagement of legislators absent from organization meeting. Senators and representatives not present at the first meeting of the respective houses shall, after presenting the evidence of their election, take the engagement of office before they shall act in their respective offices. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 19, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, […]
Section 22-3-10. – Election of president pro tempore of senate.
§ 22-3-10. Election of president pro tempore of senate. On the first Tuesday in January in each odd-numbered year, a president pro tempore of the senate shall be elected for a term of two (2) years. History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 35; P.L. 1914, ch. 1051, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § […]
Section 22-3-11. – Election or appointment of committees.
§ 22-3-11. Election or appointment of committees. In the month of January in each odd-numbered year, the senate shall elect its committees or provide by rule for their appointment, and the house of representatives shall elect its committees or provide by rule for their appointment. History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 36; P.L. 1914, […]
Section 22-3-12. – Legislative manual.
§ 22-3-12. Legislative manual. The secretary of state shall prepare in each odd-numbered year a legislative manual for the use of the general assembly, containing the rolls of membership, the committees, the rules and orders, and any other matter that the secretary may think proper. The number of manuals to be printed and bound will […]
Section 22-3-1. – Making of lists of persons elected.
§ 22-3-1. Making of lists of persons elected. The secretary of state shall receive and examine the certificates of election of senators and representatives to the general assembly returned to the secretary’s office by the board of elections, and shall make separate lists of the persons named in it as elected to the offices of […]
Section 22-3-2. – Organization of senate — Secretary of the senate and reading clerk.
§ 22-3-2. Organization of senate — Secretary of the senate and reading clerk. At the time specified in § 22-3-17, the senate shall be called to order by the senior member in continuous service present from Newport, and if there are two (2) or more members from Newport of equal seniority of service, then by […]
Section 22-3-2.1. – Powers of president.
§ 22-3-2.1. Powers of president. Commencing in 2003, and after this, the powers currently held by the majority leader of the senate shall be transferred to the president of the senate. At that time, statutory references to the majority leader of the senate shall be amended and construed to mean a reference to the president […]
Section 22-3-3. – Organization of house of representatives — Speaker — Clerks.
§ 22-3-3. Organization of house of representatives — Speaker — Clerks. At the time specified in § 22-3-17, the house of representatives shall be called to order by the senior member in continuous service present from Newport, and if there are two (2) or more members from Newport of equal seniority of service then by […]
Section 22-3-4. – Filling of vacancies.
§ 22-3-4. Filling of vacancies. The respective houses may fill vacancies in these offices as they occur. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 19, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 27; P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 29; […]
Section 22-3-5. – Grand committee for induction and election of officers.
§ 22-3-5. Grand committee for induction and election of officers. Immediately after the organization of the senate and house of representatives and notice of it as provided in §§ 22-3-2 and 22-3-3, the senate shall join the house of representatives in grand committee, for the purpose of inducting the persons elected into their respective offices, […]