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 appreciating the legitimate interest in creating a legislative commission to study and provide recommendations on school safety protocols for Rhode Island schools, we urged that this resolution also...
We opposed legislation which would impose harsh financial penalties on use of a number of unregistered vehicles like ATVs and dirt bikes and which incorporated questionable forfeiture protocols.
We urged amendment to this bill which authorizes courts to issue restrictive filing orders to protect victims of domestic violence from abusive litigation.
We supported this legislation which would increase the daily wages for incarcerated workers from $3 per day to $6 per day.
We expressed concerns about two sections tucked at the end of this lengthy Department of Business Regulation bill which makes numerous revisions to the insurer licensing statute.
We strongly supported this legislation which would waive the costs of criminal background checks for individuals seeking employment in a number of childcare positions.