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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS 2023-2024 | |
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Introduced By: Senators McKenney, Gu, Ruggerio, Ciccone, Tikoian, Lawson, Zurier, | |
Date Introduced: January 14, 2025 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | RESOLVED, That sections 5.1, 5.1-4 and 5.1-5 of the rules for the Senate adopted by the |
2 | Senate at its January session A.D. 2023 entitled "Senate Resolution Adopting the Rules of the |
3 | Senate for the Years 2023-2024" be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: |
4 | SECTION 5. |
5 | COMMITTEES |
6 | 5.1 Standing Committees. |
7 | The senate shall have the following standing committees: |
8 | 1. Committee on Judiciary |
9 | 2. Committee on Finance |
10 | 3. Committee on Housing and Municipal Government |
11 | 4. Committee on Labor and Gaming |
12 | 5. Committee on Special Legislation and Veterans’ Affairs |
13 | 6. Committee on Health and Human Services |
14 | 7. Committee on Education |
15 | 8. Committee on Commerce |
16 | 9. Committee on Environment and Agriculture |
17 | 10. Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight |
18 | 11. Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies |
19 | 5.1-4 Committee on Labor and Gaming. |
20 | It shall be the duty of the committee on labor to consider the appointments of the |
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1 | governor referred to it by the senate which require the advice and consent of the senate and all |
2 | legislation and matters relating to gaming issues, constitutional amendments relating to gaming |
3 | issues, the workers' compensation and labor laws of the state, to maintain oversight over the |
4 | application, execution and operation of the laws within its jurisdiction and to consider such other |
5 | matters as may be referred to it by the senate. |
6 | 5.1-5 Committee on Special Legislation and Veterans’ Affairs. |
7 | It shall be the duty of the committee on special legislation and veterans’ affairs to |
8 | consider the appointments of the governor referred to it by the senate which require the advice |
9 | and consent of the senate and all legislation and matters relating to constitutional amendments, |
10 | liquor laws, gaming issues, license plates, veterans’ affairs, domestic animals, commissions and |
11 | resolutions, to maintain oversight over the application, execution and operation of the laws within |
12 | its jurisdiction and to consider such other matters as may be referred to it by the senate. |
13 | 5.1-11 Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies. |
14 | It shall be the duty of the committee on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies |
15 | to consider the appointments of the governor referred to it by the senate which require the advice |
16 | and consent of the senate and all legislation and matters relating to the creation, use, and |
17 | regulation of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, and to maintain oversight over the |
18 | application, execution and operation of the laws within its jurisdiction and to consider such other |
19 | matters as may be referred to it by the senate. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE FOR THE YEARS 2023-2024 | |
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1 | This resolution would amend the rules of the Senate relative to committees and would |
2 | create a new committee on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. |
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