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All Legislation

Legislation

May 18, 2018

First Amendment

Tax Credits for Scholarship Organizations (H 7055)

This bill would have greatly expanded a tax credit for businesses that make donations to "scholarship organizations" that funnel money to private and parochial schools for tuition purposes.

Legislation

May 18, 2018

First Amendment

Panhandling Ban (H 8128)

Rather than addressing the problems that have forced people to engage in panhandling in the first place, this proposal instead aimed to punish them for their poverty by making it illegal for a person in a car to pass anything to a person outside the vehicle while in an "active lane of travel."

Legislation

May 07, 2018

First Amendment

Book Tax (H 7343)

This legislation would have clarified that an existing statute that exempts "a book or writing" from sales tax when sold by the author covers both fiction and nonfiction writings.

Legislation

Mar 30, 2018

First Amendment

"Revenge Porn" (H 7452A, S 2581A)

This misnomered legislation from the Attorney General makes it a crime to electronically transmit nude or sexually explicit images without the person’s consent, regardless of the sender’s intent.

Legislation

Mar 10, 2018

First Amendment

Internet "Porn Tax" (S 2584)

This much talked-about bill aimed to “require Internet service providers to provide digital blocking of sexual content and patently offensive material . . . and allow consumers to deactivate digital block upon payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee.”

Legislation

Feb 21, 2018

First Amendment

Net Neutrality (H 7422, S 2008A)

This legislation would have prohibited state-purchased or funded Internet service providers (ISPs) from halting, slowing, or otherwise tampering with the transfer of data, thus ensuring fair and equal access to all Internet content.

Legislation

Jun 25, 2017

First Amendment

Student Free Press (H 5550, S 600)

This spring, the ACLU testified in support of important legislation which would recognize the importance of encouraging student journalism and guaranteeing to students certain basic rights to freedom of the press.

Legislation

Mar 20, 2017

First Amendment

Autopsies (H 5473)

During March, the ACLU testified on a bill which amends current state law designed to protect the religious freedom of Rhode Islanders by restricting autopsies when it would contravene the decedent’s religious beliefs.

Legislation

Mar 10, 2017

First Amendment

Panhandling (H 5210 and H 5258)

The ACLU testified on two bills which were clearly aimed at panhandling, although they would also have a much broader impact on the exercise of First Amendment rights generally.

Legislation

May 18, 2018

Legislation

May 18, 2018

First Amendment

Tax Credits for Scholarship Organizations (H 7055)

This bill would have greatly expanded a tax credit for businesses that make donations to "scholarship organizations" that funnel money to private and parochial schools for tuition purposes.

Legislation

May 18, 2018

Legislation

May 18, 2018

First Amendment

Panhandling Ban (H 8128)

Legislation

May 07, 2018

Legislation

May 07, 2018

First Amendment

Book Tax (H 7343)

This legislation would have clarified that an existing statute that exempts "a book or writing" from sales tax when sold by the author covers both fiction and nonfiction writings.

Legislation

Mar 30, 2018

Legislation

Mar 30, 2018

First Amendment

"Revenge Porn" (H 7452A, S 2581A)

This misnomered legislation from the Attorney General makes it a crime to electronically transmit nude or sexually explicit images without the person’s consent, regardless of the sender’s intent.

Legislation

Mar 10, 2018

Legislation

Mar 10, 2018

First Amendment

Internet "Porn Tax" (S 2584)

Legislation

Feb 21, 2018

Legislation

Feb 21, 2018

First Amendment

Net Neutrality (H 7422, S 2008A)

Legislation

Jun 25, 2017

Legislation

Jun 25, 2017

First Amendment

Student Free Press (H 5550, S 600)

Legislation

Mar 20, 2017

Legislation

Mar 20, 2017

First Amendment

Autopsies (H 5473)

Legislation

Mar 10, 2017

Legislation

Mar 10, 2017

First Amendment

Panhandling (H 5210 and H 5258)

The ACLU testified on two bills which were clearly aimed at panhandling, although they would also have a much broader impact on the exercise of First Amendment rights generally.

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