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.
In 2019, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed the Reproductive Privacy Act, which ensured that the tenets of Roe v. Wade were codified into state law and that safe, legal abortion access was protected...
We strongly opposed legislation which would require all state law enforcement agencies to honor federal detainer requests. A detainer, as issued by the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and...
We strongly opposed legislation which would expand the authority and powers of the Department of Attorney General to engage in intrusive investigatory practices. Specifically, this extraordinarily broad...
There have been many reported instances around the country where employees are told their hair is not "professional" enough for the workplace, or a student is sent home for having "distracting" hair, or a...
Rhode Island currently has very strong anti-discrimination laws that provide legal protection to individuals with disabilities. We supported legislation that proactively ensures strong statutory protections...
As longtime advocates for LGBTQIA+ rights and equality, we supported this resolution which expresses the Rhode Island House of Representatives' commitment to supporting and protecing LGBTQIA+ identifying...