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Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

First Amendment

Political Spying

After a vigorous and spirited debate, the House approved on a 36-25 vote a bill that would have restricted state and local police from collecting or maintaining information about the political associations or activities of individuals.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Internet Subpoenas

ACLU lobbying helped to decisively kill one of the most dangerous bills of the session, a pet proposal of the State Police to give law enforcement broad authority to secretly obtain subscriber information, including bank and credit card numbers, from Internet service providers without a warrant.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

First Amendment

Ballot Referenda Campaigns

Prompted by an ACLU lawsuit, the General Assembly has completely revamped the state’s campaign finance law as it relates to ballot question advocacy.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Racial Justice

Racial Profiling

No action was taken on an ACLU bill designed to address the state’s racial profiling problem; among other things, the bill would have strengthened the remedies available to victims and required continued data collection of traffic stops by police.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Immigrants’ Rights

Health Care for Immigrants

The Governor’s callous budget proposal, opposed by the ACLU, to cut approximately 4,000 undocumented children off the RIte Care health insurance rolls met with only partial success.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

RFID Tags

For the second year in a row, the Governor has vetoed an important privacy bill that would restrict the state and municipalities from making use of “radio frequency identification” technology to track students, employees or clients.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Tax Returns

Tucked away at the end of a budget article was a paragraph making available to certain legislative fiscal advisors “information that the tax administrator may consider proper” contained in tax returns filed by any “individual or entity that requests legislation benefiting that individual or entity".

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Red Light Cameras

Last year, Providence city officials persuaded the General Assembly to approve a bill authorizing the installation of automated “red light cameras,” but only after accepting a bevy of ACLU amendments designed to mitigate some of the privacy and due process concerns they raise.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Telephone Records

In response to media stories about the brokering of telephone records, the General Assembly has enacted a law that significantly restricts the procurement or sale of telephone records without the customer’s consent.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

First Amendment

Political Spying

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Internet Subpoenas

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

First Amendment

Ballot Referenda Campaigns

Prompted by an ACLU lawsuit, the General Assembly has completely revamped the state’s campaign finance law as it relates to ballot question advocacy.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Racial Justice

Racial Profiling

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Immigrants’ Rights

Health Care for Immigrants

The Governor’s callous budget proposal, opposed by the ACLU, to cut approximately 4,000 undocumented children off the RIte Care health insurance rolls met with only partial success.

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

RFID Tags

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Tax Returns

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Red Light Cameras

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Legislation

Mar 07, 2006

Privacy

Telephone Records

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