Legislation

We supported legislation which would have required public bodies to establish a plan for providing translation services at public meetings.

Despite the initial temporary nature of the power granted to the University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees to meet virtually throughout the pandemic, legislation was introduced to make this provision permanent in state law. We opposed the bill.

While we supported provisions of this bill which would have extended the temporary authority for entities subject to the Open Meetings Act to hold remote meetings in light of the Covid pandemic, we expressed objection to two details.

We supported legislation which would have clarified the Access to Public Records Act (APRA) to ensure police accountability and transparency when it comes to final reports of internal investigations of police misconduct.