Legislation

We supported this legislation which would have increased the daily wages for incarcerated workers from $3 per day to $6 per day.

We opposed this legislation which would have greatly increased the tax credit program for businesses that make donations to “scholarship organizations” that funnel money to private and parochial schools for tuition purposes.

We opposed this bill that would have authorized the sale of a delinquent renter’s property in a self-service unit without appropriate advance notification that we believe basic principles of due process would dictate.

We opposed two pieces of legislation which would have indefinitely extended the reimbursement structure that had previously existed for SROs, incentivizing schools to continue to hire personnel who are not adequately trained in youth mental and behavioral health, such as SROs.

We strongly supported legislation which would have required a fiscal impact analyses for any bills which increase or put in place criminal sentences.

We strongly supported this bill which would have appropriately allocated $2,000,000 for the hiring of school social workers.

While ensuring a healthy workplace is a laudable goal, we opposed a piece of far-reaching and subjective legislation which would have imposed liability on employers or co-workers who, among other actions, provide “persistent criticism.”

We strongly supported legislation that would have provided legal representation to indigent individuals facing an eviction proceeding.

In accordance with the ACLU of RI’s longstanding opposition to laws that disqualify former felons from a wide array of rights, benefits, and privileges, we opposed this broad legislation which would have made it a crime under state law for any ex-felon to possess a firearm.