Legislation

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.

Heard only two days after its introduction, this resolution sought to implement a process for the House to discipline and expel democratically elected leaders in its chamber.

Nationwide, women have historically been charged more for the same health insurance than men, solely because of their gender, leaving women less able to purchase vital health care coverage.

As was necessary due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Rhode Island House of Representatives introduced rules which would allow for and regulate remote participation of both the public and legislators during the 2021 session and beyond.