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3/25/2024
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MEDIA ADVISORY: House Judiciary Committee meets on Wednesday for one vote and testimony on housing bills
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STATE HOUSE – The House Judiciary Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m. in the House Lounge of the State House to vote on one bill and to hear testimony on several bills relating to housing.
The committee will consider legislation (2024-H 7569) sponsored by Rep. Alex S. Finkelman (D-Dist. 74, Jamestown, Middletown) that provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with.
The committee will also hear testimony on several bills relating to housing. The following bills are part of Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) housing legislative package and will be heard at the meeting:
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2024-H 7948, sponsored by Rep. Joseph J. Solomon (D-Dist. 22, Warwick), provides amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development to incorporate feedback from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Association. Inclusionary zoning is an optional tool for municipalities to require the provision of affordable units in conjunction with the development of market rate units. This legislation does not alter municipal approval requirements.
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2024-H 7949, sponsored by Rep. Robert E. Craven (D-Dist. 32, North Kingstown), makes amendments and clarifications to various provisions relative to subdivision of land review, review stages, special provisions related to development, and the procedures for approvals from various permitting authorities. It is based upon feedback from municipalities (League of Cities and Towns) and the RI APA-planners.
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2024-H 7950, sponsored by Rep. Leonela Felix (D-Dist. 61, Pawtucket), requires cities/towns to allow up to three disclosed options on the types of financial security to be provided by developers on projects that include public improvements (such as surety bonds, letters of credit, cash). Municipalities cannot limit the bond to one specific type, but still retain all ability to require bonds and improvement guarantees for public improvements.
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2024-H 7951, sponsored by Representative Craven, clarifies the circumstances under which a municipality can limit accepting and hearing development applications and limit building permits, and specifies the timeframes in which those limitations can be in place.
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. Livestreaming is available at https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2466
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