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 bill would prevent ex-felons (under either state or federal law) from possession firearms under state law and imposes mandatory minimum sentences. Leaving aside any Second Amendment issues raised by...
We opposed legislation which would "permit non-sworn public safety officers and non-sworn security guards at private colleges and universities to detain individuals within the campus's jurisdiction when the...
We supported legislation that would remove the requirement that parents cooperate with child support enforcement as a condition of receiving assistance from the Child Care Assistance Program. This is not a...
Rhode Island's Access to Public Records Act has not been amended in over a decade, and this legislation would update and strengthen this critical statute which upholds the public's "right to know." The...
We opposed legislation which seeks to expand the circumstances to require mandatory prison sentences for driving without a license. Currently, the statute makes it a misdemeanor for a person to drive...
Following the widespread and surreptitious installation across the state of deceptively named "automated license plate reader" cameras that actually have incredibly invasive technological capabilities, we...