§ 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 […]
§ 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, § […]
§ 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, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 22-3-13. Certification and delivery or retention of lists. At or before twelve o’clock noon (12:00 p.m.) on the first Tuesday in January in each odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall certify and deliver to the reading clerk of the house of representatives the list of persons, made up as provided in § 22-3-1, […]
§ 22-3-14. Correction of lists on certificate presented after call to order. In case any person whose name does not appear on the lists shall, upon the calling to order as provided in this chapter of the senate and house of representatives, respectively, and before organization, present to the secretary of state a certificate of […]
§ 22-3-15. Substitution of incumbents for absentees on lists. In case any person whose name appears upon either of the lists made by the secretary of state as senator or representative from any senatorial district or representative district, by virtue of any certificate of election returned to the office of or received by the secretary […]
§ 22-3-16. Persons entitled to participate in organization of houses. The persons whose names appear upon the lists made up and corrected as provided in this chapter, and no others, shall be entitled to participate in the organization of the senate and house of representatives, respectively. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 19, § 8; G.L. […]
§ 22-3-17. Taking of engagement of office by members. On the first Tuesday in January in each odd-numbered year, at twelve o’clock noon (12:00 p.m.), the persons whose names are borne on the respective lists shall be admitted to take seats as members of the senate and house of representatives, respectively, and those persons shall […]
§ 22-3-18. Electronic voting. For the purpose of receiving and recording the vote of members of the general assembly pursuant to the rules of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on legislative services shall provide for the senate and house of representatives an electronic device or devices for the use by […]
§ 22-3-19. Sound system. There shall be installed in the chambers of the general assembly for use by members a sound reinforcement system providing for pickup and amplification of one or more of one hundred and six (106) microphones under the control of the speaker of the house of representatives, with one of these microphones […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 22-3-20. Resolutions of congratulations and condolence during adjournment. The speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate may approve a resolution of congratulations or condolence which resolution may be submitted during a period of adjournment of the general assembly. Each legislator shall be allowed no more than a total of […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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; […]
§ 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, […]
§ 22-3-6. Continuing effect of lists — Violations by secretary of state. The list of members of the senate and of the house of representatives prepared and corrected as provided in this chapter shall continue to be the lists of members of the senate and of the house respectively, until altered by vote of the […]
§ 22-3-7. Provisions mandatory. The foregoing provisions of this title and the provisions of §§ 22-3-13 — 22-3-17 are mandatory and not merely directory. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 19, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 25, § 30, as enacted by P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 34; G.L. 1923, […]
§ 22-3-8. Form of engagement of legislators. The following shall be the form of engagement to be taken by the senators and representatives: You being chosen to the place of (naming the office) in the general assembly, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will be true and faithful to this state of Rhode Island; […]
