Senate finance panel approves $13.1B FY2022 budget

Cassius Shuman

06/30/2021

Statehouse photo (Shuman) — THE R.I. SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE approved a $13.1 billion fiscal year 2022 budget on Wednesday, moving it to a vote on the floor of the full Senate later this week. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate Committee on Finance approved a $13.1 billion fiscal year 2022 budget on Wednesday with a unanimous 12-0 vote. Committee Chair Sen. Ryan William Pearson, D-Cumberland, who oversaw his first budget, said that the finance committee held over 30 meetings and heard 75 hours of testimony regarding the budget. "It was…

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