Each house may determine its rules of proceeding, punish contempts, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member; but not a second time for the same cause.
Rules of Houses -- Contempt
R.I. Const. art. VI, § 7, under Of the Legislative Power.
R.I. Const. art. VI, § 7
Rules of Houses -- Contempt