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Joint Legislative Services Committee, Rhode Island General Assembly

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The Joint Legislative Services Committee is a permanent committee of the Rhode Island General Assembly.

Per the Senate and House Rules, joint committees of the Rhode Island General Assembly are appointed by the President of the Senate and by the Speaker of the House.[1] The Speaker and the Minority Leader are responsible for appointing minority membership on standing committees, subcommittees, joint committees, boards and commissions.[1]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: 2021-2022-- H 0378 Substitute A
 DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: 2019-2020 -- S 0250 Substitute A

Function

“ It shall be exclusively the responsibility of the joint committee to act upon all administrative matters affecting the operation of the general assembly, including, but not limited to:
  1. The preparation of the legislative payrolls;
  2. The preparation of requests for the annual operating budget for the general assembly;
  3. The control of house and senate appropriations, including expenditures of standing, select, and special committees of the general assembly, except those provided otherwise by law;
  4. All printing for the general assembly and its members and staff including, but not limited to, stationery, bills and journals and covers for them, daily calendars, public laws, acts of a local and private nature, and resolutions;
  5. The procuring of office space, supplies, equipment, and professional and technical assistants for the general assembly; and
  6. The exclusive responsibility for the purchase or rental of and the installation, obtaining, upkeep, and maintenance of electronic voting devices and equipment incidental to the devices, and sound systems for the house of representatives and senate chambers, including, but not limited to, entering into contracts and agreements for the purchase, rental, installation, or maintenance of the equipment and procuring the necessary supplies for the systems.

In addition, the joint committee will have exclusive authority on office space allocations and maintenance and repair in this state capitol building for all agencies of government, except the offices of the governor and the offices of the secretary of state.[2][3]

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Membership

2021-2022 legislative session

Joint Legislative Services Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (3) Republican members (2) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Legislative Services Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (3) Republican members (2) Third-party members(0)

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Legislative Services Senate Members, 2015
Democratic members (1)Republican members (1)
• M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, Vice-Chair• Dennis Algiere


Legislative Services House Members, 2015
Democratic members (1)Republican members (1)
• Nicholas Mattiello, Chair• Brian Newberry, Secretary

2011-2012

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rhode Island State Legislature, "2021 -- H 502 Substitute A," accessed February 21, 2021(rule 11(b))
  2. ↑ Rhode Island General Assembly, "Rhode Island General Laws Section 22-11-3," accessed March 12, 2021
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


Current members of the Rhode Island State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Valarie Lawson
Majority Leader:Frank Ciccone
Minority Leader:Jessica de la Cruz
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
Sam Bell (D)
District 6
District 7
District 8
Lori Urso (D)
District 9
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Dawn Euer (D)
District 14
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District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
Democratic Party (34)
Republican Party (4)



Current members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:K. Shekarchi
Majority Leader:Christopher Blazejewski
Minority Leader:Michael Chippendale
Representatives
District 1
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Earl Read (D)
District 27
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District 35
District 36
District 37
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Jon Brien (I)
District 50
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District 75
Democratic Party (64)
Republican Party (10)
Independent (1)

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