Legislation

This important piece of legislation created a legislative task force to thoroughly review the law enforcement officer’s bill of rights.

This bill would create an entirely new power for the Office of Civil Rights Advocate within the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office which would allow for this office to summon any person who may have information about potentially unlawful activities and compel them to disclose their knowledge.

H 7901A attempted to address the need for emergency electoral measures during COVID-19 by halving the ballot signature requirement which is required to run for federal office, but did not adequately confront the core concerns that this bill was created into response to.

This bill would have criminalized caretakers from “isolating elders” while inappropriately included such actions as throwing away their junk mail or screening their phone calls for telemarketers.

This bill would have made it a crime for a person to, during a parade, demonstration, or rally, wear a gas mask, wear protective clothing or equipment designed to prevent a person from injury, or wear any mask at all with the “intent to intimidate another person.”

This bill would have instructed the Commissioner of Education to develop strategies with the intent of bolstering the retention and recruitment of minority teachers and administrators in Rhode Island public schools.

This legislation would have removed the term "moral turpitude" from several professional licensing statutes, which would ensure that no one is denied entry to a profession due to this hopelessly vague term.

This bill would have prohibited the questioning of a juvenile suspected of criminal activity without a parent or legal guardian present.