Every year, the ACLU of RI lobbies on hundreds of bills during Rhode Island's annual Legislative Session. Below are some of the bills we have tracked and testified on before the General Assembly. 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 Scorecards page.
As technology has evolved and advanced, so has the amount of data and information stored on a student's cell phone. With that in mind, we argued legislation should be amended that would require every public...
This legislation would increase the hourly costs associated with an Access to Public Records Act (APRA) request from $15 to $25. This bill would also require any member of the public who is making these...
This bill would prevent ex-felons (under either state or federal law) from possession firearms under state law and imposes mandatory minimum sentences. Leaving aside any Second Amendment issues raised by...
We supported this legislation which would allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in certain health facilities. As longtime supporters of Rhode Island's medical marijuana program, we argued...
We opposed legislation which would "permit non-sworn public safety officers and non-sworn security guards at private colleges and universities to detain individuals within the campus's jurisdiction when the...
We supported legislation that would remove the requirement that parents cooperate with child support enforcement as a condition of receiving assistance from the Child Care Assistance Program. This is not a...