An Update From the State House 01-25-19

What’s in the Governor’s Budget – Article 2 Article 2 deals with various state funds.  1.  Creates a restricted receipt account for registration fees collected from real estate appraisers, called

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Under The Dome 01-11-19

House Committee Passes Rules The House Committee on Rules passed proposed rules for the 2019-20 legislative years.  Historically, few people outside the state house paid much attention to the rules,

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Under The Dome 01-04-2019

Welcome to the first edition of Under the Dome 2019!  January 1, 2019, rang in a new year and a new legislative session. Rep. Nicholas Mattiello was elected Speaker of the House

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2018 Session Summary

The 2018 legislative session has come to an end. The Chamber actively monitored 233 bills this year. Of those, the chamber supported the passage of 51 bills; opposed 168 bills;

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Under The Dome – June 19, 2017

It’s All About the Budget  At close to 1:00am Friday morning, the House Finance Committee passed a FY2018 budget capping out at $9.2 billion.  As promised, the bill contained no

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Under The Dome – June 13, 2017

Proposal to Change Corporate Tax Payment Schedule Floated An idea for changing the Corporate Estimated Tax schedule is being floated for input. Under current law, companies pay 40% of their

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Under The Dome – June 6, 2017

  Car Excise Tax Proposal Scheduled for Hearing Tuesday will be a big day at the State House as the Finance Committee hears testimony on H.6267, An Act Relating to

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Under The Dome – May 30, 2017

Committees Pass Bills  For months legislative committees have been holding hearings on bills.  While a few have passed already, a bulk of the legislation that passes does so at this

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Under The Dome – May 23, 2017

New Bill Filed to Address Woonsocket Tax Code H.6226 (link below) was filed last week. Currently, the City of Woonsocket has three classes of property rates: 1) tangible personal property

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Under The Dome – May 15, 2017

AN UPDATE FROM THE STATE HOUSE Revenue Estimating Conference Reveals Challenge for Legislature A marathon meeting of the State’s Revenue Estimating Conference resulted in an agreement that the State of

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