Legislative Updates This Week At the State House   The House posted the Budget for consideration in the House Finance Committee on both Tuesday and Wednesday.  This will allow the committee to use Wednesday as a backup in the event the budget documents are not ready Tuesday.  Legislative bills continue to post as the House…

Legislative Updates June 2, 2025   This Week At the State House from the RI Chamber Coalition   We are awaiting the posting of the FY2026 budget in the House Finance Committee.  The Committee is hoping to take it up this week for a vote.  If that happens, the full House will debate and vote…

Legislative Updates May 29, 2025 RIPEC Report on Needed Reforms of Housing Resources Commission This week, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC) released a report outlining recommended reforms for the Housing Resources Commission (HRC). Among the report’s recommendations: Change the HRC’s statutory authority Remove all HRC funding authority Reconstitute the HRC as an advisory body…

Legislative Updates As the General Assembly session heads into the final few weeks, yet another increase in the minimum wage is in play. Proposals are being considered to increase Rhode Island’s minimum wage, already the 7th highest in the country, to $20 per hour. Your elected officials need to hear from you that now is not…

Legislative Updates RI Chamber Coalition May 27, 2025   Price Transparency Last Thursday, the House Corporations Committee voted favorably for H 5247  SUB A, which narrowly tailored the “junk fee” legislation to be consistent with the Federal Trade Commission rule that took effect May 12, 20205, and which specifies that it is an unfair and…

Legislative Updates Advocacy in Action RI Chamber Coalition This Week at the State House Tuesday, May 20th The Senate Finance Committee has a full schedule in Room 212 At the Rise (approximately 4:30). There are five bills of interest to the business community: Shift of Utility Costs to Businesses and Higher Income Earners   S.185,…

Legislative Updates April 22, 2025 Rhode Island Mourns the Loss of the Senate President Dominick Ruggerio The business community mourns the loss of Senate President Dominick Ruggerio who lost his battle with cancer Monday, April 21, 2025.  President Ruggerio was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and was the longest serving member of the…

Legislative Updates Advocacy in Action RI Chamber Coalition April 29, 2025 Revenue Estimating Conference Continues This Week Each year the fiscal staffs of the House, Senate and Governor meet in the Spring to debate and reach consensus on the State’s fixed expenses as well as revenues for the upcoming year. Last Friday, the twice a…