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The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the lower house being the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term.
- Party Control
- Members
- Historical Party Control
- Elections
- Sessions
- Legislative Roles and Procedures
- Constitutional Amendments
Current partisan control
The table below shows the partisan breakdown of the Rhode Island State Senate as of December 2023:
Leadership
The president of the Senate serves as the presiding officer of the body. The president is elected to a two-year term by the entire Senate. Duties of the president include calling the Senate to order, deciding all questions of order, and appointing all standing committees. The majority and minority caucuses choose their party leaders. The majority and minority leaders serve as ex-officio members of all standing committees.
Leadership and members
1. Senate president: Dominick Ruggerio(D) 2. Majority leader: Ryan Pearson(D) 3. Minority leader: Jessica de la Cruz(R)
Salaries
1. 1.1. See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
Democrats won control of the Rhode Island State Senate in 1958. In 2022, they won a 33-5 majority. The table below shows the partisan history of the Rhode Island Senate following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures(McFarland Press, 2007). Dat...
Every state legislature throughout the country features its own internal procedures that it uses to govern itself and how it interacts with other parts of state government. Ballotpedia's coverage of internal state legislative procedures includes veto overrides, the role of the legislature in the state budget, and procedures for filling membership v...
In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment. In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide m...
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The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Rhode Island State Senate from 2010 to 2024. It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.
Local elections. Voter information. The partisan balance of the Rhode Island State Senate did not change following the 2020 elections, with Democrats preserving their supermajority. All 38 seats in the chamber were up for election in 2020. Heading into the election, Democrats held 33 seats and Republicans held 5.
The 2022 Rhode Island State Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on September 13, 2022. Rhode Island voters elected state senators in all 38 seats of the Senate. State senators serve two-year terms in the Rhode Island Senate.
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The President takes the rostrum each legislative day and calls the Senate to order. The President of the Senate decides all questions of order subject to the appeal of the full Senate, recognizes speakers and declares votes.
