All Legislation

Legislation
Mar 17, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Limiting Juvenile Detention (S 577, H 5650)

Status: Held for Further Study
Position: Support
Legislation
Mar 17, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Prohibiting Coercive Interrogation Tactics for Juveniles (S 736, H 5922)

Status: Held for Further Study
Position: Support
Legislation
Mar 03, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Repealing Discriminatory Prostitution Laws (H 5348, H 5357, H 5358)

Status: Signed into Law
Position: Support
Legislation
Mar 03, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Commission to Make Recommendations for Pardons (H 5379)

Status: Held for Further Study
Position: Support
Legislation
Feb 12, 2025
2025 Legislative Session – Immigrants' Rights
  • Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

364 Day Misdemeanor (S 63, H 5502)

Status: Passed Senate, Held for Further Study in House
Position: Support
Legislation
May 09, 2024
criminal justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Solitary Confinement Reform (S 3053)

We joined a number of organizations in supporting legislation which would have limite the ability for carceral facilities in RI to utilize solitary confinement, noting that best practices point towards eliminating solitary confinement as a way to keep prisons safer, healthier, and reduce recidivism.
Status: Died in Committee
Position: Support
Legislation
Apr 30, 2024
criminal justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform

“Second Chance” for Juvenile Offenders (S 2205)

We strongly support legislation which would require that juveniles sentenced to long prison sentences as adults be reviewed by the parole board no later than fifteen years into their sentence.
Status: Died in Committee
Position: Support
Legislation
Apr 30, 2024
criminal justice
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Sexual Assault (H 7050, S 2230)

Status: Died in Committee
Position: Oppose
Legislation
Apr 30, 2024
due process
  • Due Process|
  • +1 Issue

Statute of Limitations Removal for Child Abuse (H 7235, S 2648)

Status: Died in Committee
Position: Oppose