Every year, the ACLU of RI lobbies on hundreds of bills during Rhode Island's annual Legislative Session. Below are some of the bills we have tracked and testified on before the General Assembly. For more info on advocating for the issues you care about, check out our Advocacy 101 Guide. To see how your Reps and Senators voted on various bills over the past few years, visit our Legislative Scorecards page.
We strongly supported this resolution which would create an 11-member special legislative study commission whose purpose it would be to analyze the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on...
The ACLU of Rhode Island strongly supported this bill, which would amend the law enacted in 2021 designed to allow immigrant students to qualify for resident tuition at the state's public universities,...
The personnel most needed and appropriate on school campuses are not law enforcement officers, but rather school social workers. As such, we supported legislation which would provide $2 million in funding...
Though we appreciate the intentions behind this legislation, which would eliminate the statute of limitations for filing civil suits alleging sexual abuse, we opposed the bill, noting that the complete...
Greater transparency in the General Assembly grant process is necessary. However, we opposed a bill that attempts to do so with the wrong focus. This legislation would require non-profit agencies seeking...
We strongly opposed this legislation which would move the independent state crime laboratory within the purview and authority of the Department of Attorney General. We argued this maneuver is an...