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.
The ACLU of Rhode Island supported this bill, which would have eliminated the requirement that individuals pay hefty reinstatement fees — up to $350 — in order to get their right to drive restored after...
The ACLU of Rhode Island supports this bill, which would helpfully amend the law
enacted in 2021 designed to allow immigrant students to qualify for resident tuition at the state’s
public...
We strongly support legislation which would require that juveniles sentenced to long prison sentences as adults be reviewed by the parole board no later than fifteen years into their sentence.
We strongly support this bill which would have appropriately allocated $2,000,000 for the hiring of school social workers.
The administration of justice depends on all people having free and full access to the courts, and the promise of equal justice cannot be delivered if a segment of the community is afraid to access the...
This bill would have established a mandatory prison sentence of ten years for first-degree sexual assault offenses. We recognize the seriousness of this crime, but mandatory sentencing undermines...