Rhode Island House of Representatives

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The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Rhode Island’s state legislature, responsible for creating state laws and representing the interests of residents across its legislative districts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
appliesToTerritory State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island
authority Constitution of Rhode Island ⓘ
budgetaryPower appropriates state funds ⓘ
canCreate state statutes ⓘ
canPropose state constitutional amendments (with Senate concurrence) ⓘ
coLegislativeChamber Rhode Island Senate ⓘ
composition elected representatives ⓘ
convenes regular legislative sessions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralCycle biennial elections ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member districts ⓘ
elects its own leadership ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Rhode Island ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Rhode Island ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasJurisdiction State of Rhode Island ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island
hasOathRequirement members swear to uphold the Constitution of Rhode Island ⓘ
members swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
hasPower to introduce revenue bills ⓘ
to override gubernatorial vetoes ⓘ
hasWebsite official website of the Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
isPartOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
leaderTitle Majority Leader ⓘ
Minority Leader ⓘ
Speaker of the House ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Rhode Island ⓘ
legislativeFunction enacts state laws ⓘ
oversees state executive branch ⓘ
passes state budget ⓘ
proposes state constitutional amendments ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
meetsIn Providence County, Rhode Island ⓘ
Rhode Island State House ⓘ
numberOfMembers 75 ⓘ
oversightOf Rhode Island executive agencies ⓘ
partOf Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
represents residents of Rhode Island ⓘ
responsibleFor redistricting in Rhode Island (subject to law and constitution) ⓘ
sessionRoom House Chamber of the Rhode Island State House ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Rhode Island General Assembly → hasComponent → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rhode Island General Assembly → lowerHouse → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Kent County, Rhode Island → hasLegislativeDistrict → Rhode Island House of Representatives districts ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island House of Representatives
Rhode Island Senate → coLegislativeBody → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Article VI of the Rhode Island Constitution → appliesTo → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → appliesTo → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → adoptedBy → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → canBeAmendedBy → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rhode Island General Assembly → hasChamber → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: General Assembly
Rhode Island General Assembly → hasLowerHouse → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
subject linked to: General Assembly
state government of Rhode Island → lowerHouse → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → partOf → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → chamber → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → hasAuthorityOver → Rhode Island House standing committees ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island House of Representatives
Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → hasAuthorityOver → Rhode Island House special committees ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island House of Representatives
Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → subordinateTo → Rhode Island House of Representatives as a collective body ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island House of Representatives
House Clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → partOf → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
House Clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → governingBody → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Minority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives → category → Rhode Island state legislators ⓘ
linked to: Rhode Island House of Representatives
Rowland G. Hazard → memberOf → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
David Segal → memberOf → Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ