RI S2317

Proposes a constitutional amendment to grant the governor line-item veto power on appropriation bills, allowing rejection or reduction of specific spending items without vetoing entire bills

Enables the governor to reduce any sum of money appropriated while approving other portions of the bill, with each reduced sum subject to separate reconsideration by the General Assembly

Allows disapproval of non-monetary items or conditions in appropriation bills, though the underlying appropriated funds remain intact if only the conditions are vetoed

Prohibits the governor from creating new words by rejecting letters or forming new sentences by combining parts of different sentences when exercising partial vetoes

Requires the amendment be submitted to voters at the next statewide general election, with a three-fifths vote in both chambers needed to override any line-item veto