Legislation

We supported legislation which, since passed, now provides a critical protection against housing discrimination based on a potential tenant’s source of income, an issue which particularly impacts marginalized communities.

The Federal Election Commission has previously concluded that childcare, if the need for childcare arises as a result of campaign activities, can additionally be a permissible usage of campaign funding; this legislation would formally codify this decision into RI law.

We opposed this bill which would create an “animal abuse registry” similar to the registration requirements already in effect for persons convicted of sex offenses.

This legislation would confront the wealth-based incarceration system by promoting pretrial release of individuals without the requirement of monetary bail.

Critical proposed changes to the state’s Fair Employment Practices Act were introduced in two separate pieces of legislation this year and would make individual employee-supervisors, and not just the company employing them, subject to personal liability for their own acts of discrimination.

We opposed a piece of legislation which would have made interference with traffic by standing, sitting, kneeling, or otherwise loitering on a highway a felony crime punishable by three years in prison.

We supported multiple menstrual equity bills which would guarantee the providing of no-cost menstrual products to all public schools and prisons in Rhode Island.

We supported a bill which was introduced to streamline the process for individuals to gain the authority to solemnize certain marriages in Rhode Island.

Although it may appear counterintuitive, one of the most effective ways to address substance use disorder is through the establishment of clinics in which an individual can self-administer previously obtained controlled substances while under medical supervision.