Rhode Island Lawmaker Urges House Panel to End 911 Fee Diversion
Rhode Island lawmakers held for further study a bill to end 911 fee diversion at a House Finance Committee hearing Wednesday. That’s common in Rhode Island for a bill’s first hearing and doesn’t mean it failed. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello…
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(D) said last week the issue should be taken up as part of the budget process, though the governor hasn’t proposed changing the practice in the budget (see 1905100006). “Undo this wrong,” HB-5933 sponsor Rep. John Lyle (R) urged colleagues at the webcast hearing.