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.
In February, the ACLU testified before the House Judiciary committee in support of legislation laying out the acceptable use of body cameras and placing restrictions on the use and release of the collected...
In February, the ACLU testified before the House Judiciary committee in opposition to legislation addressing the electronic dissemination of sexually explicit material, often referred to as “revenge porn...
Statewide, Internet filters used by school districts block considerably more information than is required by federal law, often without prior warning, derailing classroom lessons and hindering the ability...
The ACLU testified in support of legislation to rectify the issue of prison gerrymandering and require all prisoners to be counted, for voting purposes only, at their last known address.
Nationwide, women have historically been charged more for the same health insurance as men. This practice, known as gender rating, became illegal for certain health care plans under the federal Affordable...
In March, the ACLU testified before the House and Senate Judiciary committees in support of legislation to strengthen the state’s limitation on shackling pregnant incarcerated women.