Title 22
General Assembly

Chapter 4
Exemptions and Liabilities of Members

R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-4-2

§ 22-4-2. Exemption from process.

The person of every member of the general assembly shall be exempt from arrest, and his or her estate from attachment, in any civil action, during the session of the general assembly, and two (2) days before the commencement and two (2) days after the termination of the session; and all process served contrary to this section shall be void.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 600; G.L. 1909, ch. 302, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 352, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 304, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 22-4-2.