Whenever either house receives a notice from the secretary of state as required by § 43-1-3, or receives from the governor a measure returned with the governor's objections to the measure, the presiding officer of the house shall immediately cause the house to be notified of the notice or the return of the measure, and shall order the notice, or the objections to the measure, as the case may be, entered upon the journal of the house, and the return of the measure and the receipt of the notice shall be communicated as soon as possible to the other house.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-1-5