  the state of rhode island general assembly is the state legislature of the u.s. state of rhode island. a bicameral body, it is composed of the lower rhode island house of representatives with 75 representatives, and the upper rhode island senate with 38 senators. members are elected in the general election immediately preceding the beginning of the term or in special elections called to fill vacancies. there are no term limits for either chamber. the general assembly meets at the rhode island state house on the border of downtown and smith hill in providence. smith hill is sometimes used as a metonym for the rhode island general assembly. == history == ===early independence=== on 12 june 1775, the rhode island general assembly, meeting at east greenwich, passed a resolution, which created the first formal, governmentally authorized navy in the western hemisphere: âit is voted and resolved, that the committee of safety be, and they are hereby, directed to charter two suitable vessels, for the use of the colony, and fit out the same in the best manner, to prote
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