The Rhode Island Constitution

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Welcome

The Library has an extensive collection of sources relating to Rhode Island laws, regulations, court cases, and the state constitution. On this page, you will find information about the Rhode Island Constitution. For more specific information related to current or historical Rhode Island laws, please use the yellow tabs above to navigate to the appropriate page.

If you need further assistance, please contact the Government Publications Office, University Library, (401) 874-2606. If the office is closed, please consult the Reference Desk, which may be reached at (401) 874-2653. You may also contact the government publications subject specialist, Deborah Mongeau.

The state publications are housed in the Rhode Island State publications section of the library, on the first floor in the Government Publications area, Ranges A and B. Reference material relating to Rhode Island State publications is shelved in Government Publications Range D.

Rhode Island State Constitution
The text of the RI Constitution in electronic format.
Journal of the Constitutional Convention
URI State Pub 39-C38 2:
1964-1968, 1973, 1986
Record of activities of the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention. Arranged by date. No index.
Rhode Island Constitutional Convention, Report of Proceedings
URI State Pub 39-C38
1951, 1957, 1964-1969.
(the link above is an example of one set of proceedings, search for others by year)
Verbatim transcript of each Rhode Island Constitutional Convention. Arranged by date. No index.