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All Legislation

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Racial Justice

Marriage Equality (H 5015B, S 0038A)

On May 2, Governor Chafee signed long-overdue legislation establishing full marriage equality in Rhode Island.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Criminal Justice

Strip Searches (H 5382, S 0466)

An ACLU bill designed to protect privacy in the criminal justice system died this year.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Immigrants’ Rights

E-Verify (H 5106, H 5236, H 5258, S 0148)

The ACLU of RI testified in February before the House Labor committee in opposition to a bill making E-Verify use mandatory by Rhode Island employers, and in favor of a bill keeping the E-Verify program voluntary.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Cell Phone Warrants (H 5180, S 0291)

The ACLU testified in support of legislation barring law enforcement from searching the contents of a cell phone without first obtaining a warrant.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Employer and School Access to Social Media Accounts (H 5255A as amended, S 0493A)

ACLU of RI-drafted legislation would have protected users’ private social media profiles from undue intrusion by barring schools and employers from requesting or requiring students’, employees’ or applicants’ social media passwords, or otherwise gaining access to their private social media accounts.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Racial Justice

Racial Profiling (H 5285, S 0145)

For the seventh year in a row, the ACLU of RI was part of a diverse coalition of organizations advocating for passage of the Comprehensive Racial Profiling Prevention Act.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Criminal Justice

Ban the Box (H 5507, S 0357)

This legislation generally prohibits employers from asking if applicants have been convicted of a crime at the initial application process, giving applicants a chance to be interviewed and an opportunity for employers to see an applicant’s qualifications and not solely their mistakes.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Criminal Justice

Criminal Background Checks

In some tension with its passage of “ban the box” legislation, the General Assembly this year continued its trend of pushing to impose criminal background checks on applicants for a number of employment and volunteer positions.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Voting Rights

Prison-Based Gerrymandering (H 5283, S 0147)

Legislation aimed to restore representation in Rhode Island to “one person, one vote” by requiring, for the purposes of redistricting, prisoners to be identified as living at their last known address.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Racial Justice

Marriage Equality (H 5015B, S 0038A)

On May 2, Governor Chafee signed long-overdue legislation establishing full marriage equality in Rhode Island.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Criminal Justice

Strip Searches (H 5382, S 0466)

An ACLU bill designed to protect privacy in the criminal justice system died this year.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Immigrants’ Rights

E-Verify (H 5106, H 5236, H 5258, S 0148)

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Cell Phone Warrants (H 5180, S 0291)

The ACLU testified in support of legislation barring law enforcement from searching the contents of a cell phone without first obtaining a warrant.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Privacy

Employer and School Access to Social Media Accounts (H 5255A as amended, S 0493A)

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Racial Justice

Racial Profiling (H 5285, S 0145)

For the seventh year in a row, the ACLU of RI was part of a diverse coalition of organizations advocating for passage of the Comprehensive Racial Profiling Prevention Act.

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Criminal Justice

Ban the Box (H 5507, S 0357)

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Criminal Justice

Criminal Background Checks

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Legislation

Mar 06, 2013

Voting Rights

Prison-Based Gerrymandering (H 5283, S 0147)

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