The 2026 Legislative Session begins on January 7. Check this page regularly for updates and actions you can take to help defend civil liberties in Rhode Island at the state level!
Every year, the ACLU of RI lobbies on hundreds of bills during Rhode Island's annual Legislative Session. Below is a dashboard of some of our priority bills in the most recent session. Click the button below to see many more bills we have tracked and testified on before the General Assembly.
The 2025 Rhode Island Legislative Session officially recessed in the early morning hours of June 21. The dashboard below is updated to show the final status of each bill, which is a selection of our many priority bills.
For more info on advocating for the issues you care about, check out our Advocacy 101 Guide. To see how your Reps and Senators voted on various bills over the past few years, visit our Legislative Voting Records page.