R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-7.8-6: Place of meeting — Quorum.

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