At the State House

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At the State House
 
There are no committee hearing this week, but the Fall Revenue Estimating Conference will finish its important work this week.  Friday is the big day, as the conferees may their best educated guess at the revenue and expense outlook for FY 2021; and they will likely revise the revenue and expense numbers to be considered when adopting a current year budget.
 
Monday, November 2, 2020  
 
9:00 A.M. Caseload Estimating Conference
2:00 P.M. Tax Collections – Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation Neena Savage, State Tax Administrator
Accruals – Accounts and Controls Peter Keenan, State Controller
 
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
 
Follow-up Testimony
1:00 P.M Tax Collections – Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation Neena Savage, State Tax Administrator
 
Friday, November 6, 2020 – Revenue Estimate 9:00 A.M. Revenue Estimating Conference
 
 
The following new bills were filed last week:
 
House Bill No. 8138  Williams, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- MOUNTED VIDEO/AUDIO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS (Establishes a central command video/audio surveillance center administered by the state police. Funding would be provided by use of fifty percent (50%) of the E-911 funds.)
 
House Bill No. 8140  Williams, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RESIDENTIAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT PROGRAM (Creates the "Residential Security Equipment Program".)
 
House Bill No. 8141  Solomon, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires an electric utility company to bury power lines in the event of a residential power outage lasting ninety-six (96) consecutive hours or more, unless the outage was caused by the resident.)
 
Senate Bill No. 2929  Lombardi, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RIGHTS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS (Department of health to promulgate rules and regulations for essential caregivers at nursing homes during a declared emergency.)