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Mar 07, 2007
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Internet Subpoenas

ACLU lobbying helped bottle up in committee a State Police proposal to give law enforcement officials broad authority to secretly obtain, without a warrant or even a showing of “probable cause,” subscriber calling records and financial information from telephone and Internet service providers.
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Mar 07, 2007
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RFID Tags (S 474)

The House took no action this year on a Senate-approved measure to restrict the state and municipalities from using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology on students, employees or clients.
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Mar 07, 2007
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Prostitution and Human Trafficking

For the third year in a row, the City of Providence was unsuccessful in its efforts to expand the penalties for prostitution.
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Mar 07, 2007
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  • Gender Equality

Abortion

Two anti-choice bills were heard by House committee this year, but no votes were taken on them.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Medical Marijuana (H 6005, S 791)

Overriding a Gubernatorial veto, Rhode Island took the positive step of making permanent a law passed last year allowing patients with specific serious and terminal illnesses to possess small amounts of marijuana for medical purposes, if authorized by a physician.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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  • Privacy

Organ Donations

This bill originally contained a number of concerning provisions regarding the organ donation process in Rhode Island.
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Mar 07, 2007
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  • Privacy

Prenatal HIV Testing

After a long and arduous process, beginning even before the bill’s introduction, a compromise bill addressing procedures for HIV testing of pregnant women was passed into law.
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Mar 07, 2007
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  • Criminal Justice

“Civil Death” (H 5780)

One court has called “civil death” laws “an outdated and inscrutable common law precept” and “a medieval fiction in a modern world,” but Rhode Island is one of only four states to still have such a law.
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Mar 07, 2007
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  • Criminal Justice

Drug Sentences

Despite broad support for the legislation from the General Assembly, the governor also vetoed a bill that would have eliminated the mandatory minimum sentences in place for certain drug offenses.
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Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Privacy

Internet Subpoenas

ACLU lobbying helped bottle up in committee a State Police proposal to give law enforcement officials broad authority to secretly obtain, without a warrant or even a showing of “probable cause,” subscriber calling records and financial information from telephone and Internet service providers.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Privacy

RFID Tags (S 474)

The House took no action this year on a Senate-approved measure to restrict the state and municipalities from using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology on students, employees or clients.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Privacy

Prostitution and Human Trafficking

For the third year in a row, the City of Providence was unsuccessful in its efforts to expand the penalties for prostitution.
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Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Gender Equality

Abortion

Two anti-choice bills were heard by House committee this year, but no votes were taken on them.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007

Medical Marijuana (H 6005, S 791)

Overriding a Gubernatorial veto, Rhode Island took the positive step of making permanent a law passed last year allowing patients with specific serious and terminal illnesses to possess small amounts of marijuana for medical purposes, if authorized by a physician.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Privacy

Organ Donations

This bill originally contained a number of concerning provisions regarding the organ donation process in Rhode Island.
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Mar 07, 2007
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Mar 07, 2007
  • Privacy

Prenatal HIV Testing

After a long and arduous process, beginning even before the bill’s introduction, a compromise bill addressing procedures for HIV testing of pregnant women was passed into law.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Criminal Justice

“Civil Death” (H 5780)

One court has called “civil death” laws “an outdated and inscrutable common law precept” and “a medieval fiction in a modern world,” but Rhode Island is one of only four states to still have such a law.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2007
  • Criminal Justice

Drug Sentences

Despite broad support for the legislation from the General Assembly, the governor also vetoed a bill that would have eliminated the mandatory minimum sentences in place for certain drug offenses.
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