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The committee unanimously backed a package of state legislative priorities, including support for RIPTA funding, bilingual education, rental housing and tenant protections, childcare, and a proposal to exempt the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from property taxation. One housing agenda item was amended to remove support for House Bill H-8006, and the transit funding item was continued indefinitely.
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The committee approved several resolutions urging action on bills tied to transit, housing, education, childcare, and tax policy. It also amended the housing legislative agenda to remove support for one bill, House Bill H-8006. One transit funding resolution, calling for a $5,000,000 appropriation to the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, was continued indefinitely, so it was not advanced at this meeting.
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