R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-7.10-6: Place of meeting — Quorum.

The joint committee on legislative services shall provide adequate space in the state house of the use of the joint committee on energy; provided, that the joint committee on energy may conduct hearings and hold meetings elsewhere when doing so will better serve its purposes. A majority in number of the joint committee on energy shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.