General Assembly House and Senate Committee records
Scope and Contents
Committee records and failed legislation as transferred from established committees (Judiciary, Corporations, Labor, Health Education and Welfare, etc.) for the prior two (2) year legislative session.May contain supporting documentation respective of votes taken, amendments made, witness sheets & testimony, fiscal notes, reports pertinent, daily action sheets, etc. Series primarily arranged by committee & House or Senate bill designation; more recent/correlating files also by committee meeting date or sponsor.
Dates
- Creation: 1826-2022
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
No special restrictions unless otherwise specified.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is in the public domain unless otherwise specified. We reserve the right to restrict reproduction of materials due to preservation concerns.
Biographical / Historical
There are currently thirteen (13) permanent committees established within the House of Representatives:
Conduct
Corporations
Environment and Natural Resources
Finance
Health, Education and Welfare
Labor
Municipal Government
Oversight
Rules
Small Business
Special Legislation
Veterans' Affairs
There are currently ten (10) permanent committees established within the Senate:
Commerce
Education
Environment and Agriculture
Finance
Health and Human Services
Housing and Municipal Government
Judiciary
Labor
Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight
Special Legislation and Veterans' Affairs.
There are currently two (2) permanent joint (House and Senate) committees established within the General Assembly:
Joint Committee on Legislative Services
Permanent Joint Committee on State Lottery
Current members on the various legislative committees:
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/CommitteeMembers/
Current legislative committee agendas:
http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/agendas.aspx
Current legislative committee calendars:
http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/legislative_committee_calendar.aspx
Note: All information current as of 9/17/2019.
Extent
882.4 Cubic Feet
Abstract
Committee records and failed legislation as transferred from established committees (Judiciary, Corporations, Labor, Health Education and Welfare, etc.) for the prior two (2) year legislative session.
Arrangement
Numerical by bill number or chronological by meeting date.
Custodial History
Records created and maintained by the General Assembly, House of Representatives and individual House committees for the two (2) year legislative session before transfer to the Archives Division. Also includes Senate committees of the General Assembly.
Accruals
Anticipated every two years at the end of the legislative session.
Source
- Rhode Island. General Assembly (1643-) (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: Bills not passed, 1965-1985 with gaps (Text)
- Box: Resolutions Not Passed (H-1035-2460, S-0107-3449), 1971 (H-5043-5684, S-0447-3516), 1972 (Text)
- Box: Bills Left on Calendar (H-5655, S-0013-1099), 1979, (H-7526, S-2046-3064), 1980 (Text)
- Box: Senate Fails Passage 1983-1988 (C#1046) (Text)
- Box: 1. Daily action sheets, 1988, 1991-1992 and meeting notices, 1991 (1998-142) (Text)
- Folder: Held on Senate Desk (H-6775A), 1989 (Text)
- Box: Failed Bills: Held on Senate Desk, 1990 (C#01046) (Text)
- Box: Failed House Bills, 1991 (Text)
- Box: Senate duplicate legislation (non-originals), 1993 (Text)
- Box: 2. Committee votes, 1993-1995 (1998-142) (Text)
- Box: 3. Committee votes and daily action sheets, 1995-1996 (1998-142) (Text)
- Box: Fails Passage, 1995; Bills Left in Committee, 1995-1996; Failed Passage, 1998 (Text)
- Box: Failed Passage/Left on Desk, 1995-1996 (Text)
- Folder: Received from Senate (S-3479, H-7812A), 1996; Left on House Calendar (S-2396, 2484, 2912, H-8505), 1996; Held on Desk, (S-3446, 8458), 1996; Referred to House Rules (H-5029, 5034, 5509), 1995; Read and Passed House (H-8506), 1996 (Text)
- Folder: Failed House, 1996 (Text)
- Box: 2. Held on House Desk, 1997-1998 (Text)
- Box: Failed Passage: Held on Desk, 1997-1998 (Text)
- Folder: Left on House Desk, 1999-2000; Left on Senate Desk, 1999 (Text)
- Box: Passed in Senate Only, 2000; Fails Passage, 2000-2001; Bills Left in Committee, 2000; Held on Senate Desk, 2000 (Text)
- Folder: Held on Senate Desk, 2001 (Text)
- Folder: Held on House Desk, 2002 (Text)
- Box: House Clerk (Committee Votes, 2007) and (Governor Vetoes and Messages, 2000-2006) (Text)
- Box: House Clerk (Committee Votes), 2004-2008 (Text)
- Box: Held on Senate Desk, 2004-2006; Senate Fails Passage, 2006 (Text)
- Box: 39. Governor appointment not confirmed, 2005-2006, House and Senate Failed legislation, 2007 (Text)
- Box: Failed Appointments, 2005-2008; Failed Legislation and Requests to withdraw, 2007 (Text)
- Box: 34. Senate President's office: Reports Received, 2006-2008 (Text)
- Box: 35. Senate President's Office: Reports Received, 2006-2008 (Text)
- Box: House Clerk (Governor's Vetoes), 2007-2010, House Small Business, 2013-2014 (Text)
- Box: Held on Desk, 2007-2009 (Text)
- Folder: Senate Fails of Passage (H-6084) 2009 (Text)
- Box: House Clerk (Governor's Vetoes, 2009, 2011-2012), (Committee Votes, 2004-2006), (Supporting Records, 2007-2011) (Text)
- Folder: Held on Senate Desk (House and Senate bills) 2010 (Text)
- Folder: Left on Senate Desk (S-0112) 2011 (Text)
- Folder: Senate Placed on Calendar (S-2513) 2012 (Text)
- Folder: 11 Held on Desk (S-2212, H-7551, H-8223) 2012 (Text)
- Folder: 14 Held on Senate Desk (S-2238, 2370, 2696) 2012 (Text)
- Box: Senate Fails Passage (S-0307), Held on Desk (S-0109, 0457, 0493, 0821, 0969), Failed Passage (H-5107, 5225, 6018, 6082), 2013 (Text)
- Box: Failed Legislation: Recommitted and Held for Further Study, 2013-2014 (Text)
- Box: Held on Desk, 2014-2015 (Text)
- Box: Office of the House Clerk records, 2014-2015 (Text)
- Box: Held on Senate Desk, 2016 (Text)
- Box: 2 Held on House Desk, 2016 (Text)
- Box: 29 Failed on House Desk (acc 2023-05); 2020 S-2327; H-7151 to 7847; 2021 H 6209; S-0029 to 0984 (Text)
Repository Details
Part of the Rhode Island State Archives Repository
