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10/14/2025 MEDIA ADVISORY: Revenue & Caseload Estimating Conference scheduled
STATE HOUSE — The Revenue & Caseload Estimating Conference is scheduled to take place Monday, Oct. 27 through Monday, Nov. 10.

Twice yearly, in the fall and the spring, the conference principals (the State Budget Officer, the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal Advisor) must reach a consensus on what the state general revenues and caseload expenses are estimated to be for the current fiscal year and the budget year.

The General Assembly and the State Budget Office use these projections to prepare the budget. The principals include State Budget Officer Joseph Codega Jr., House Fiscal Advisor Sharon Reynolds Ferland and Senate Fiscal Advisor Stephen Whitney.

The meeting schedule of the fall estimating conference is:

Monday, Oct. 27 Testimony
9 a.m.              Cash Assistance Caseload
                        Department of Human Services
 
                        Services for Private Community Developmentally Disabled Caseload
                        Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and                                                      Hospitals
 
1 p.m.              Medical Caseload
                        Executive Office of Health and Human Services
 
Wednesday, Oct. 29 - Economic Overview and Testimony
9 a.m.              U.S. and R.I. Economic Forecasts – Moody’s Analytics
 
                        RI Labor Market Conditions – Department of Labor and Training
 
                        Consensus Economic Forecast
 
10:30 a.m.       Commerce Corporation Tax Credits – Commerce Corporation
 
                        Lottery Receipts – Department of Revenue, Division of Lottery
                       
                        Motion Picture Production Tax Credits – RI Film and Television Office
 
Friday, Oct. 31 – Testimony (if necessary)*
9 a.m.              Cash Assistance Caseload
                        Department of Human Services
 
                        Services for Private Community Developmentally Disabled Caseload
                        Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and      Hospitals
 
                        Medical Caseload
                        Executive Office of Health and Human Services
 
Tuesday, Nov. 4 – Caseload Estimate
9 a.m.              Caseload Estimating Conference
 
Wednesday, Nov. 5 - Testimony
2 p.m.              Tax Collections – Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation
 
                        Accruals – Department of Administration, Office of Accounts and Controls
 
Friday, Nov. 7 – Testimony (if necessary)*
10 a.m.            Tax Collections – Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation
                       
Monday, Nov. 10 – Revenue Estimate Conference
9 a.m.              Revenue Estimating Conference

The meetings will be televised on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox on Channels 15 and 61, on i3Broadband on Channel 15 and on Channel 34 by Verizon subscribers. They will also be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.  Meeting Materials will be available at https://www.rilegislature.gov/Special/rcc/Pages/rcec.aspx.



For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466