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4/14/2026
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Revenue & Caseload Estimating Conference scheduled
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STATE HOUSE — The Revenue & Caseload Estimating Conference is scheduled to take place Monday, April 27 through Friday, May 8.
Twice yearly, in the spring and the fall, the conference principals (the State Budget Officer, the House Fiscal Advisor and the Senate Fiscal Advisor) must reach a consensus on what the state general revenues and caseload expenses are estimated to be for the current fiscal year and the budget year. The General Assembly and the State Budget Office use these projections to prepare the budget. The principals include State Budget Officer Joseph Codega Jr., House Fiscal Advisor Sharon Reynolds Ferland and Senate Fiscal Advisor Stephen Whitney.
The meeting schedule of the spring estimating conference is:
Monday, April 27 – Testimony
9 a.m. Cash Assistance Caseload
Department of Human Services
Services for Private Community Developmentally Disabled Caseload
Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
1 p.m. Medical Caseload
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Wednesday, April 29 - Economic Overview and Testimony
9 a.m. U.S. and R.I. Economic Forecasts – Moody’s Analytics
RI Labor Market Conditions – Department of Labor and Training
Consensus Economic Forecast
10:30 a.m. Commerce Corporation Tax Credits – RI Commerce Corporation
Lottery Receipts – Department of Revenue, Division of Lottery
Motion Picture Production Tax Credits – RI Film and Television Office
Thursday, April 30 – Testimony (if necessary)*
9 a.m. Cash Assistance Caseload
Department of Human Services
Services for Private Community Developmentally Disabled Caseload
Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Medical Caseload
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Monday, May 4 – Caseload Estimate
9 a.m. Caseload Estimating Conference
Monday, May 4 - Testimony
2 p.m. Tax Collections – Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation
Accruals – Department of Administration, Office of Accounts and Controls
Wednesday, May 6 – Testimony (if necessary)*
9 a.m. Tax Collections – Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation
Friday, May 8 – Revenue Estimate
9 a.m. Revenue Estimating Conference
The meetings will be televised on Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox on Channels 15 and 61, on i3Broadband on Channel 15 and on Channel 34 by Verizon subscribers. They will also be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv. Meeting Materials will be available at https://www.rilegislature.gov/Special/rcc/Pages/rcec.aspx.
For more information, contact:
Larry Berman, Communications Director for the Office of the Speaker
State House Room 322
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 447-2655
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