Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Island Senate | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 3, 2023 |
Leadership | |
President pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 38 |
Political groups | Majority (33)
Minority (5)
|
Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article VI, Rhode Island State Capitol Providence, Rhode Island |
Website | |
Rhode Island Senate |
The Rhode Island Senate is the
Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence
.
Like other
gubernatorial
appointments to executive departments, commissions and boards and Justices to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
Senate leadership
The
President Pro Tempore
presides.
Democratic Leadership
- Dominick J. Ruggerio (D) - President of the Senate
- Ryan W. Pearson (D) – Majority Leader
- (vacant) (D) – Majority Whip
- Hanna Gallo (D) – President Pro Tempore
Republican Leadership
- Jessica de la Cruz (R) – Minority Leader
- Gordon Rogers (R) – Minority Whip
Committee leadership
Committee | Chair | Vice Chair | Secretary |
---|---|---|---|
Commerce | V. Susan Sosnowski (D) | Roger Picard (D) | Tiara Mack (D) |
Education | Sandra Cano (D) | Hanna Gallo (D) | Ana Quezada (D) |
Environment and Agriculture | Alana DiMario (D) | Matthew LaMountain (D) | David Tikoian (D) |
Finance | Louis DiPalma (D) | Melissa Murray (D) | Walter Felag (D) |
Health and Human Services | Joshua Miller (D) | Bridget Valverde (D) | Valarie Lawson (D) |
Housing and Municipal Government | Frank Lombardo (D) | Meghan Kallman (D) | Gordon Rogers (R) |
Judiciary | Dawn Euer (D) | Frank Lombardi (D) | Leonidas Raptakis (D) |
Labor | Frank Ciccone (D) | Frank Lombardi (D) | John Burke (D) |
Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight | Mark McKenney (D) | Valarie Lawson (D) | Samuel Zurier (D) |
Special Legislation and Veterans' Affairs | Walter Felag (D) | Leonidas Raptakis (D) | Valarie Lawson (D) |
Make-up of the Senate
This section needs to be updated.(January 2023) |
- 2019-2021 Legislative Session
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Republican | Ind
|
Vacant | ||
2011-2012 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
2013-2014 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
Begin 2015 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
2015-2016 | 33 | 0 | |||
Begin 2017 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
2017-2019 | 32 | 1 | |||
Begin 2019 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
Begin 2023 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 86.8% | 13.2% |
Members of the Rhode Island Senate
Past composition of the Senate
See also
- Rhode Island State Capitol
- Rhode Island General Assembly
- Rhode Island House of Representatives
References
- ^ Democrat Frank Lombardo died on February 21, 2024.