Legislation

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 Voting Records page.

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Mar 7, 2006

Sex Offenders

Position: Oppose

Joining a nationwide chorus, the General Assembly passed harsh, costly and almost-certainly ineffective legislation to further punish sex offenders.

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Mar 7, 2006

Administrative Procedures Act

Position: Support

The Senate killed an ACLU bill, passed by the House repealing an exemption for the Board of Elections from the law that requires state agencies to go through a public rule-making process before adopting...

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Mar 7, 2006

Open Meetings

The ACLU succeeded in significantly restricting the reach of a bill allowing people with disabilities who serve on public bodies to participate in public meetings by telephone.

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Mar 7, 2006

Self-Incrimination

Position: Oppose

Ignoring Affiliate objections that the bill would significantly erode the privilege against self-incrimination, the General Assembly has made it a crime for a driver to refuse to submit to a breathalyzer...

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Mar 7, 2006

“Zero Tolerance”

Position: Support

An ACLU bill that would require schools to take a case-by-case approach in determining the appropriate discipline for students charged with drug, alcohol or weapons violations, passed the Senate but died in...

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Mar 7, 2006

HIV Names Reporting

At present, health care providers are required to report the names of patients with AIDS, but not those who are only HIV-positive.

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