Rhode Island § 22-6-4 - Committees and Staff
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§ 22-6-4. Committees and Staff
R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-6-4
§ 22-6-4. Deposit and filing of petitions, bills, and resolutions.
Each clerk appointed under the provisions of §§ 22-6-2 and 22-6-3, within thirty (30) calendar days after the final adjournment of the general assembly in each even-numbered year, shall deposit with the secretary of state all petitions, bills, acts, and resolutions which are on the files of the committee of which he or she is a clerk, and those petitions, bills, acts, and resolutions shall remain in the custody of the secretary of state and shall be filed in the manner that the secretary may direct; provided, that upon the request of a chairperson of any committee of any subsequent general assembly there shall be returned to the files of the respective committees the petitions, bills, acts, and resolutions as in the judgment of the chairperson are required for use by his or her committee. In like manner, the recording clerk of the house of representatives, within thirty (30) calendar days after the final adjournment of the general assembly in each even-numbered year, shall deposit with the secretary of state any bills that may be in his or her possession.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 39; P.L. 1926, ch. 806, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 24, § 40; P.L. 1930,
ch. 1526, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 301, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 22-6-4.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-6-4 ("Committees and Staff") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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