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.
The ACLU of Rhode Island has a strong interest in monitoring the growing use of artificial intelligence in decision-making, especially in light of the potential impact of discrimination in its application....
The acute need for healthy, equitable, safe, and accessible housing and robust tenant protections has become abundantly clear in Rhode Island. For this reason, the ACLU of Rhode Island supported a group of...
This legislation would prohibit a minor from soliciting or possessing a nude or semi-nude depiction of another minor, a practice commonly known as "sexting." While we fully support the goal of this bill,...
This legislation would add five driving violations to the statute that imposes fines on people who engage in "aggressive driving." We argued that this bill be amended to delete one of those violations: "...
Consistent and ready access to a motor vehicle is necessary to go to work, to school, to the doctor, or to engage in a multitude of other critical and important tasks. Because of this, we strongly opposed...
Currently in Rhode Island, someone who is convicted of a consensual sex crime is subjected to a mandatory HIV test. This requirement is largely aimed at sex workers. Because this required testing possesses...