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 exempt from disclosure any police records if releasing them could purportedly reveal the "identity of a suspect who may have been a victim of human trafficking" or someone who might...
This legislation would require police to complete and electronically submit a domestic violence or sexual assault reporting form when responding to domestic violence incidents. This bill includes "a verbal...
This bill seeks to establish a mandatory prison sentence of ten years for first-degree sexual assault offenses. We recognize the seriousness of this crime, but mandatory sentencing undermines individualized...
We strongly supported legislation which would prohibit healthcare personnel from asking the legal immigration status of any patient. As a result of xenophobic policies emanating from Washington, D.C.,...
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...