Government Oversight Committee, Rhode Island State Senate (decommissioned)

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The Government Oversight Committee was a standing committee of the Rhode Island State Senate.

Function

The 2019 Rhode Island State Senate rules described the membership of this committee as outlined below.

“ It shall be the duty of the committee on government oversight to consider the appointments of the governor referred to it by the senate which require the advice and consent of the senate, and (1) to monitor and evaluate past, current and prospective performance of public bodies and statutory entities, including quasi-public agencies that exercise executive governmental functions (except public bodies and statutory entities of the legislative and judiciary branches of the state) and any other public or private person, including any agencies, partnerships, corporation or business entity insofar as such person is acting on behalf of and/or in place of any public agency; (2) to consider the organization, reorganization, creation or termination of such public bodies, statutory entities, including quasi-public agencies and public or private persons; (3) to review and consider the reports of the auditor general; (4) to report its opinion and/or recommendation of legislation or action regarding the foregoing matters; (5) to consider any bill referred to it by the senate, including, but not limited to any act, resolve, resolution or petition; and (6) to consider such other matters that are referred to it by the senate.[1][2] ”

Membership

2019-2020 legislative session

Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (7) Republican members (1) Third-party members(0)

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Government Oversight Members, 2017
Democratic members (5)Republican members (1)
• James Sheehan, Chair• Mark Gee
• Paul Jabour, Vice chair
• Steve Archambault
• Erin Lynch
• Ryan Pearson

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

2009-2010

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rhode Island State Legislature, "2019-2020 -- S 0250 Substitute A," accessed February 22, 2021(Section 5.1-10)
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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