In Person
2024 Champions of Democracy Celebration
The Guild, 461 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 US
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
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Common Cause Rhode Island has long been critical of the legislative rules in Rhode Island, particularly in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. We feel they unnecessarily concentrate power in the hands of legislative leaders, robbing rank-and-file legislators from fully representing their constituents.
In 2019, we supported a series of four changes put forward by reform-minded legislators to the House rules:
In January 2019, we were successful at winning one significant change; substantive amendments to bills are now posted publicly 24 hours in advance of committee votes.
In February 2019, the Rhode Island Senate proposed a series of changes designed to move their rules closer to the House. We specifically opposed three of these proposed changes:
After Common Cause Rhode Island activists flooded the Senate, they withdrew the first two changes, and now only allow Senators to be removed from committees, “for cause.” Likewise, the Senate adopted the 24 hour notice for substantive amendment rule from the House rules.
In Person
The Guild, 461 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 US
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm EDT