4 chapters · 61 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-1-1. “Measure” defined
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The term “measure,” wherever used in this chapter, means any bill, resolution, or vote, except those as relate to adjournment, the organization, or conduct of either or both houses of the general assembly, and resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, which shall have…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-1-2. Transmission of measures from governor to secretary of state
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Any measure not returned by the governor to the house in which it originated shall be transmitted by the governor to the secretary of state. Any measure approved and signed by the governor shall be transmitted as soon as signed, and any measure not signed by him or her shall be t…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-1-3. Notice to originating house of receipt of measure by secretary of state
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Whenever the secretary of state receives from the governor, while the general assembly is in session, any measure transmitted in accordance with the provisions of § 43-1-2, he or she, at the next daily session of the house in which the measure originated, shall notify the presidi…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-1-4. Return of disapproved measures to originating house
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Whenever the governor returns to either house any measure, which he or she does not approve, he or she shall, if the house is in session, transmit the measure to the presiding officer. But if the house to which the measure is required by law to be returned has adjourned for the d…