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.
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...
We strongly supported two pieces of legislation which would create a task force or a commission to study and provide policy recommendations about the impact and potential benefits of bail reforms in Rhode...
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...