Rhode Island Senate
Upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly
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. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the normal four-year term as in most states. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Rhode Island Senate meets at the Rhode Island State Capitol in Providence .
Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate , the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, commissions and boards and Justices to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
Senate leadership
The President of the Senate presides over the body, appointing members to all of the Senate's committees and joint committees, and may create other committees and subcommittees if desired. Unlike most other states, the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island does not preside over the Senate, and is instead active in other areas such as state commissions on health and businesses. In the Senate President's absence, the President Pro Tempore presides.
Democratic Leadership
Republican Leadership
Committee leadership
Make-up of the Senate
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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
Members of the Rhode Island Senate
District
Senator
Party
Representing
First elected
1
Jake Bissaillon Dem
Providence 2023*
2
Ana Quezada Dem
Providence 2016
3
Sam Zurier Dem
Providence 2021*
4
Dominick J. Ruggerio Dem
Providence 1984
5
Sam Bell Dem
Providence 2018
6
Tiara Mack Dem
Providence 2020
7
Frank Ciccone Dem
Providence , North Providence 2002
8
Vacant [ 1] Pawtucket
9
John Burke Dem
West Warwick 2020
10
Walter Felag Dem
Tiverton , Warren 1998
11
Linda Ujifusa Dem
Bristol , Portsmouth 2022
12
Louis DiPalma Dem
Little Compton , Middletown 2008
13
Dawn Euer Dem
Newport , Jamestown 2017*
14
Valarie Lawson Dem
East Providence 2018
15
Meghan Kallman Dem
Pawtucket 2020
16
Jonathon Acosta Dem
Central Falls , Pawtucket 2020
17
Thomas Paolino Rep
Lincoln 2016
18
Robert Britto Dem
East Providence , Pawtucket 2022
19
Ryan W. Pearson Dem
Cumberland 2012
20
Roger Picard Dem
Woonsocket , Cumberland 2008*
21
Gordon Rogers Rep
Coventry , Foster , Scituate , West Greenwich 2018
22
David Tikoian Dem
Smithfield , Lincoln , North Providence 2022
23
Jessica de la Cruz Rep
Burrillville , Glocester 2018
24
Melissa Murray Dem
North Smithfield , Woonsocket 2018
25
Vacant [ 2] Johnston
26
Frank Lombardi Dem
Cranston 2012
27
Hanna Gallo Dem
Cranston 1998
28
Joshua Miller Dem
Cranston 2006
29
Anthony DeLuca II Rep
Warwick 2022
30
Mark McKenney Dem
Warwick 2018
31
Matthew LaMountain Dem
Warwick 2022
32
Pamela J. Lauria Dem
Barrington , Bristol , East Providence 2022
33
Leonidas Raptakis Dem
Coventry , East Greenwich , West Greenwich 2012
34
Elaine J. Morgan Rep
Exeter , Hopkinton , Richmond , West Greenwich 2014
35
Bridget Valverde Dem
East Greenwich , North Kingstown , Narragansett , South Kingstown 2018
36
Alana DiMario Dem
Narragansett 2020
37
V. Susan Sosnowski Dem
New Shoreham , South Kingstown 1996
38
Victoria Gu Dem
Westerly , Charlestown , South Kingstown 2022
*Senator was elected in a special election
Past composition of the Senate
See also
References
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