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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF | |
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION COMPOSITION OF THE SENATE | |
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Introduced By: Senators de la Cruz, and Rogers | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
1 | RESOLVED, That majority of all members elected to each house of the general assembly |
2 | voting therefor, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed to the |
3 | qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the Constitution |
4 | for their approval and that it take place of Article VIII, Section 1, which is hereby amended, |
5 | effective January 1, 2023, to read as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Composition. |
7 | The senate shall consist of the lieutenant governor and fifty members from the senatorial |
8 | districts in the state, provided, however, that commencing in 2003 the senate shall consist of |
9 | thirty-eight members from the senatorial districts in the state. The senate shall be constituted on |
10 | the basis of population and as compact in territory as possible. The general assembly shall, after |
11 | any new census taken by authority of the United States, reapportion the representation to conform |
12 | to the Constitution of the state and the Constitution of the United State. Commencing in 2023, the |
13 | senate shall consist of thirty-nine members, one from each city and town. |
14 | RESOLVED, That this amendment shall take in the Constitution of the state the place of |
15 | Section 1, Article VIII, of the Constitution, effective January 1, 2023; and be it further |
16 | RESOLVED, That the said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors |
17 | for their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the |
18 | several cities and towns shall be kept open during the hours required by law for voting therein for |
19 | general officers of the state; and be it further |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall cause the said proposition of amendment |
2 | to be published as a part of the resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the |
3 | said meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall be inserted in the warrants or |
4 | notices to be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town, |
5 | ward, or district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district |
6 | meetings to be held as aforesaid; and be it further |
7 | RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held as aforesaid shall be |
8 | warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and |
9 | district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provided by law for the town, |
10 | ward, and district meetings for the elections of general officers of the state. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF | |
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION COMPOSITION OF THE SENATE | |
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1 | This joint resolution would submit to the electors for approval a proposed constitutional |
2 | amendment, which would increase the number of senators from thirty-eight (38) to thirty-nine |
3 | (39), one for each city and town, notwithstanding their varying populations. |
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