Legislation

Noting the significant danger posed by allowing weapons on school campuses, we opposed this legislation which would have removed institutional discretion and instead mandated that all campus police officers be armed.

We urged amendment to this legislation, which sought to make certification easier for teachers in order to address a severe teacher shortage, to include a moratorium on the current standardized testing requirement for certification.

We urged that language which appropriately accommodates students with disabilities who may need more time to complete their studies be included in the codification of a bill that would extend a free tuition program, called the “Rhode Island Hope Scholarship,” to Rhode Island College students.

We strongly supported this legislation which would have reclassified the simple possession of 28 grams or less of certain controlled substances from a felony to a misdemeanor.

We supported a bill which would have comprehensively updated Rhode Island’s Access to Public Records Act for the first time in over a decade.

We supported this legislation which would have made two major changes to the Open Meetings Act.

As one of only two states without a process for the certification and de-certification of law enforcement officers, we strongly supported this legislation which would have instituted such oversight over these public-facing personnel.

We strongly supported a bill which would have prohibited, absent a judicially authorized civil or criminal arrest warrant, the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member.

We opposed legislation that would have prohibited the outdoor advertising of cannabis, noting that such a restriction on commercial speech concerning a legal substance in RI would undoubtedly be found unconstitutional under the First Amendment.