Rhode Island General Assembly

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bicameral legislature state legislature

The Rhode Island General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Rhode Island, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the state government.

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Label Occurrences
Rhode Island General Assembly canonical 16
Rhode Island General Assembly (for joint ceremonial events) 1
Rhode Island House of Representatives 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
state legislature ⓘ
adopts state budget ⓘ
appliesTo all residents of Rhode Island ⓘ
canImpeach certain state officials ⓘ
canPropose amendments to the Rhode Island Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article VI of the Rhode Island Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electionCycle biennial elections ⓘ
establishedBy Rhode Island state constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Rhode Island
governingDocument Rules of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the Rhode Island Senate ⓘ
hasAuthorityFrom people of Rhode Island ⓘ
hasComponent Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
Rhode Island Senate ⓘ
holds public hearings ⓘ
houseTypeOfRhodeIslandHouseOfRepresentatives lower house ⓘ
houseTypeOfRhodeIslandSenate upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction Rhode Island ⓘ
surface form: State of Rhode Island
language English ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Rhode Island ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedIn Providence ⓘ
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island
lowerHouse Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn Rhode Island State House ⓘ
nickname General Assembly ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees Rhode Island executive branch ⓘ
Rhode Island state agencies ⓘ
passes public laws ⓘ
resolutions ⓘ
power override gubernatorial veto with supermajority ⓘ
responsibility confirming certain executive appointments ⓘ
enacting state laws ⓘ
levying state taxes ⓘ
overseeing state government ⓘ
passing state budget ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Rhode Island State House ⓘ
sessionType part-time legislature ⓘ
termLengthOfMembers 2 years ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
upperHouse Rhode Island Senate ⓘ
uses committee system ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.rilegislature.gov ⓘ

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New England political institutions → includes → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Nathanael Greene → memberOf → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island → hasLegislature → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island → hasLegislativeBody → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Island → hasLegislativeBody → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhode Island House of Representatives
Esek Hopkins → memberOf → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Royal Charter of 1663 → establishedBody → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island state constitution → legislatureName → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island state constitution → bindsInstitution → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Great Seal of the State of Rhode Island → governingBody → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island Senate → partOf → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island Senate → redistrictingBody → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Article VI of the Rhode Island Constitution → governs → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Article VI of the Rhode Island Constitution → bindingOn → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Article VI of the Rhode Island Constitution → sourceOfAuthorityFor → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island executive branch → coequalWith → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Rhode Island House of Representatives → partOf → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
Governor’s State Room → associatedWith → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhode Island General Assembly (for joint ceremonial events)
Rhode Island Convention Center Authority → appointedBy → Rhode Island General Assembly ⓘ