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.
The ACLU of Rhode Island strongly supports the Rhode Island Senate rules this session which includes an amendment permitting written testimony to be published online. The Rhode Island House of...
Until the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, Rhode Island law barred teacher applicants from being automatically disqualified for certification based solely on the results of a standardized written...
The ACLU of RI strongly opposed this budget provision which would require the Division of Taxation to "develop and operate a financial institution data match system for the purpose of identifying and...
When it comes to drawing new voting districts, any individuals incarcerated at the ACI in Cranston on the day the Census worker comes through used to uniformly be recorded, prior to the redistricting...
We strongly supported legislation which would require cities and town to disclose basic information on their website about litigation in which they are involved. Having encountered situations where our...
Rhode Island has a very restrictive pardoning process. Under Article IX, Section 13 of the state Constitution, the Governor can exercise pardoning power only with the advice and consent of the Senate. In...