The Bi-partisan Preparatory Commission to Assemble Information on Constitutional Convention Questions in Preparation for a Vote by the Qualified Electors on the Holding of a Constitutional Convention in Accordance with Article XIV, Section 2 of the Rhode Island Constitution
Report
Final Report (released September 3, 2014)
Draft Report (provided to commissioners on August 25, 2014 and released on September 3, 2014)
Members
| Co-Chair | Representative Keable | Appointed by Speaker Mattiello |
| Co-Chair | Senator McCaffrey | Appointed by President Paiva-Weed |
| Representative Lally | Appointed by Speaker Mattiello | |
| Senator Goodwin | Appointed by President Paiva-Weed | |
| Representative Ruggiero | Appointed by Speaker Mattiello | |
| Senator Picard | Appointed by President Paiva-Weed | |
| Representative Giarrusso | Appointed by Minority Leader Newberry | |
| Senator Hodgson | Appointed by Minority Leader Algiere | |
| Mr. Tom Kane | Appointed by Speaker Mattiello | |
| Ms. Judy Jones | Appointed by President Paiva-Weed | |
| Mr. Steven Frias | Appointed by Minority Leader Newberry | |
| Mr. John Deal Jr. | Appointed by Minority Leader Algiere |
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/commissions/constcon/pages/members.aspx
Meetings
August 26, 2014
Fifth and last meeting
State House, Room 101
Providence, RI
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Meeting Video (only the last 17 minutes were recorded and made publicly available)
August 21, 2014
Fourth meeting
State House, Room 101
Providence, RI
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Meeting Video
August 19, 2014
Third meeting
State House, Room 101
Providence, RI
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Meeting Video
August 7, 2014
Second meeting
State House, Room 101
Providence, RI
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Meeting Video
July 31, 2014
First meeting
State House, Room 101
Providence, RI
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Meeting Video
Meeting Minutes (not made publicly available until September 3, 2014)
1) July 31, 2014
2) August 7, 2014
3) August 19, 2014
4) August 21, 2014
5) August 26, 2014
Testimony
First Public Hearing
- Beverly Clay, individual, testimony*
- Tim Murphy, individual, testimony*
- Phil West, individual, testimony*
- Sam Zurier, individual, testimony
- Mike Stenhouse, Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, (he provided no written testimony but summarized his organization’s report on a constitutional convention)
- Allan Fung, individual, (he provided no written testimony but elsewhere has described his good government reform agenda)
Speakers without written testimony
- Steve Brown, ACLU of Rhode Island
- Randall Rose, individual
- Providence City Councilor, individual
Second Public Hearing
- Pablo Rodriguez, Individual (he provided no written testimony but read from his Providence Journal op-ed)
- Steve Ahlquist, Humanists of Rhode Island, testimony
- Steve Brown, ACLU of Rhode Island, testimony
Speakers without written testimony
- Barry Schiller, individual, testimony
Third Public Hearing
- John Partridge, individual, testimony*
- Jennifer Norris, Citizens for Responsible Government, testimony
- John Marion, Common Cause (he provided no written testimony but submitted several documents for the record, including possible agenda items and a campaign finance study of the 1986 concon delegate elections)
- Giovanni Cicione with Mike Stenhouse, Stephen Hopkins Center for Civil Rights (he provided no written testimony but summarized a report by his organization)
Speakers without written testimony
- Jim Parisi, Rhode Island FTHP
- Aram Garabedian, individual
- Tim Duffy, Rhode Island Association of School Committees
- Randall Rose, Individual
- Grant Dulgarian, Individual
- Laurie Archambault, Move to Amend RI
- Thomas Dickinson, individual
- Jamie Roads, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
*member of RhodeIslandConCon.info’s Advisory Committee.
Submitted Comments Not Presented at Hearing
Richard Harris, National Association of Social Workers, letter
Robert Flanders, former justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, RenewRI information and copy of email to Secretary of State’s Office
Op-ed
Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay, R.I.’s poor preparation for convention, Providence Journal, August 2, 2014.
News Coverage
Morse, Carroll Andrew, Interview with Steve Frias, on the Work of the Constitutional Convention Preparatory Commission, Anchor Rising & The Ocean State Current, September 3, 2014.
Edgar, Randall, Committee issues report on possible topics, cost for RI Constitutional Convention, Providence Journal, August 25, 2014.
Edgar, Randall, Those who support, oppose Rhode Island Constitutional Convention air views, Providence Journal, August 22, 2014.
Edgar, Randall, R.I. Constitutional Convention has few fans at hearing, Providence Journal, August 19, 2014.
Bogdan, Jennifer, Agenda for possible Constitutional Convention starts to take shape, Providence Journal, August 8, 2014.
Bogdan, Jennifer, Constitutional Convention Commission To Host Public Meetings Throughout Rhode Island, Providence Journal, August 1, 2014.
RhodeIslandConCon.info’s Blogs About
The Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission’s Fifth and Final Meeting
Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission’s Third & Fourth Meetings
Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission’s Second Meeting
The Bi-Partisan Preparatory Commission’s First Meeting