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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS

2023-2024

     Introduced By: Representative Brian C. Newberry

     Date Introduced: January 10, 2025

     Referred To: House Rules

     RESOLVED, That the rules of the House of Representatives adopted by the House of

Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, entitled "House Resolution Adopting Rules of

the House of Representatives for the years 2023 and 2024", be and the same is hereby amended

by adding the following new rule thereto:

     Legislative Grants

     (49) All appropriations of legislative grants contained in the budget bill shall be divided

and appropriated by amount between the Senate and the House of Representatives. Any amount

of legislative grants appropriated and allocated to the Senate shall be distributed in accordance

with Senate rules or another method adopted by the Senate.

     Any amounts of legislative grants appropriated and allocated to the House of

Representative shall be equally divided among the seventy-five (75) legislative districts, and the

budget bill shall provide that each member may direct the distribution of the legislative grant

intended for the district which such member represents by written communication to the Speaker

of the House between July 1 and September 30 of each budget year.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS

2023-2024

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     This resolution would require that all legislative grants allocated to the Senate be

distributed in accordance with the rules of the Senate and that all legislative grants allocated to

the House of Representatives be dived equally among the seventy-five (75) legislators.

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