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.
We opposed legislation which would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison, for a person between the ages of 18 and 21 to engage in electronic casino gaming, or iGaming. Presently,...
As an organization that deeply values freedom of speech, our organization is very sympathetic to the goal of this bill, which creates a broad statutory right to free speech and the free exercise of religion...
We asked that legislation be amended which would "establish a safety and behavioral health committee" in an effort to "provide mental health supports to students in need." We strongly support this goal, but...
We opposed legislation that would regulate the use of "synthetic media" when used by a candidate to create campaign materials. We worry that this bill seeks to regulate speech in the sphere that the First...
Currently in Rhode Island, voters who are either disabled for an indefinite period or a long-term resident in a nursing home can request to automatically receive a mail ballot application for every election...
We understand that write-in votes are often futile and occasionally trivial, but individuals using this option are often attempting to make a point, and while the time spent tallying them may seem wasteful...