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.

Aliases (2)

Rhode Island House of Representatives ×1
Rhode Island Senate ×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 →
electionCycle	biennial elections →
establishedBy	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	State of Rhode Island →
language	English →
legislativeBodyOf	Rhode Island →
levelOfGovernment	state →
locatedIn	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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rhode Island ("Rhode Island Senate") → Rhode Island ("Rhode Island House of Representatives") →	hasLegislativeBody
Esek Hopkins → Nathanael Greene →	memberOf
Royal Charter of 1663 →	establishedBody
Rhode Island →	hasLegislature
New England political institutions →	includes