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Legislation

Mar 15, 2019

Workers’ Rights

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

During last year’s legislative session, the ACLU was highly supportive of a special legislative commission to study sexual harassment in the workplace and the legislation that arose from it. We support the reintroduction of the legislation, which was never brought to the House floor for a vote.

Legislation

Mar 15, 2019

First Amendment

Anti-Panhandling (H 5042)

Rather than confronting the issues that cause individuals to engage in panhandling, this bill sought to ban the practice instead and would have fined a motorist for passing anything out of their window to another individual while in an “active lane of travel.”

Legislation

Mar 01, 2019

First Amendment

FY 2020 Budget (H 5151 Article 5, Section 9)

Article 5, Section 9 of the first version of the proposed FY 2020 budget included, amongst other potential taxes on "services," a proposed 7% sales tax on "lobbying services", which we argued amounted to a direct levy on the exercise of political speech, a quintessential First Amendment activity.

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Privacy

Opioid Overdose Notification (H 5383, S 139 Sub A)

The ACLU has been vigilant in opposing “solutions” to the opioid epidemic that compromise patient rights, including their right to confidentiality.

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Criminal Justice

Background Checks for Occupational Licensing

Often, seemingly innocuous licensing bills have provisions including expansive and vague language which could render individuals with a criminal background, no matter what crimes they have been convicted of or how long ago their conviction was, unable to procure certain occupational licenses.

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Criminal Justice

Indigency Court Costs (H 5196)

This bill was designed to strengthen a law that requires courts to consider a criminal defendant’s ability to pay before assessing exorbitant costs, fines or fees.

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Students’ Rights

Military Recruiter School Access (H 5250)

This bill would have granted access to student names, addresses, and phone numbers to military recruiters unless the student or parent of the student opted out of having this information made available.

Legislation

Feb 04, 2019

Gender Equality

Reproductive Privacy Act (H 5125 Sub A, S 0152 Sub A)

The Reproductive Privacy Act preserves the status quo of abortion healthcare in Rhode Island, and ensures that the shifting ideology of the Supreme Court does not impede upon a person’s right to choose.

Legislation

Feb 04, 2019

Government Transparency

House Rules (H 5037 Sub A)

In a remarkably quick beginning to the legislative session, a resolution to adopt rules for the House of Representatives for the years 2019-2020 made its way out of committee and to a floor vote within the first two weeks of the session.

Legislation

Mar 15, 2019

Legislation

Mar 15, 2019

Workers’ Rights

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Legislation

Mar 15, 2019

Legislation

Mar 15, 2019

First Amendment

Anti-Panhandling (H 5042)

Legislation

Mar 01, 2019

Legislation

Mar 01, 2019

First Amendment

FY 2020 Budget (H 5151 Article 5, Section 9)

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Privacy

Opioid Overdose Notification (H 5383, S 139 Sub A)

The ACLU has been vigilant in opposing “solutions” to the opioid epidemic that compromise patient rights, including their right to confidentiality.

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Criminal Justice

Background Checks for Occupational Licensing

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Criminal Justice

Indigency Court Costs (H 5196)

This bill was designed to strengthen a law that requires courts to consider a criminal defendant’s ability to pay before assessing exorbitant costs, fines or fees.

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Legislation

Feb 22, 2019

Students’ Rights

Military Recruiter School Access (H 5250)

Legislation

Feb 04, 2019

Legislation

Feb 04, 2019

Gender Equality

Reproductive Privacy Act (H 5125 Sub A, S 0152 Sub A)

Legislation

Feb 04, 2019

Legislation

Feb 04, 2019

Government Transparency

House Rules (H 5037 Sub A)

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