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5/19/2025
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Joint hearing of Senate Finance, Housing and Municipal Government Committees tomorrow on budget amendment
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STATE HOUSE – The Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee will hold a joint hearing tomorrow, May 20, at 3 p.m. in the Senate Lounge to hear testimony on a proposed budget amendment.
The Finance Committee is chaired by Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Little Compton, Newport, Tiverton) and the Housing and Municipal Government Committee is chaired by Sen. Jacob E. Bissaillon (D-Dist. 1, Providence).
The committees will hear testimony on Budget Amendment #12, which amends various sections of R.I. General Law to effectuate the recommendations of the 2024 Housing Organizational Report, including consolidating the programmatic and policy functions of the Housing Resources Commission into the Executive Office of Housing, establishing the Secretary of Housing as the statutory chair of the RI Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, transferring the oversight and administration of the Housing Production Fund to the Executive Office of Housing, and establishing two interagency councils to advance policies, programs, and coordination for addressing housing and homelessness.
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television on: Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3Broadband (Formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. Senate committee hearings may also air on Channel 75 for Cox subscribers. Livestreaming is available at https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv
For more information, contact:
Greg Pare, Director of Communications for the Senate
State House Room 112
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 276-5558
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