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.
A recent court decision struck down a Rhode Island law that prohibited certain sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school. We opposed proposed legislation that responded to this court decision...
We testified in favor of legislation which would decriminalize sex work, ensuring that our criminal justice system is not utilized to take unnecessary punitive action against consent adults and that sex...
For students in low-income communities, remedies for a lack of educational equity are particularly urgent. This bill would propose an amendment to the Rhode Island Constitution guaranteeing the right to an...
This legislation would generally bar the civil arrest of individuals while they are in a courthouse to attend a court proceeding. The administration of justice depends on all people having free and full...
We opposed legislation which would establish a "parking mobility app program," which would allow individuals to submit photos of vehicles they believe are improperly parked in accessible parking spaces. We...
We strongly supported legislation which would bar landlords from inquiring about a tenant or prospective tenant's immigration or citizenship status. The possibility of discrimination against legal...