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 strongly supported this legislation which included a number of updates to our state Homeless Bill of Rights statute.
We supported the repeal of the exemption of domestic workers from the state's minimum wage laws, noting that its impact is sexist, racially discriminatory, and limiting of the economic mobility of domestic...
We supported this legislation which would have increased the daily wages for incarcerated workers from $3 per day to $6 per day.
We strongly supported this legislation which would have waived the costs of criminal background checks for individuals seeking employment in a number of childcare positions.
We strongly supported this legislation, which aimed to give formerly incarcerated individuals access to Medicaid coverage promptly upon their release.
We strongly supported legislation that would have provided legal representation to indigent individuals facing an eviction proceeding.