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.
We opposed legislation which would institute a “healthcare service provider abuser registry” for Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH) employees
We urged amendments to this bill which commendably attempts to establish a pilot program in two high schools to try to increase student attendance through the aggressive provision of supportive services....
Current law allows municipalities to limit the maximum number of unrelated persons who can live together in a dwelling, but of no less than three people. We supported this bill which would increase the...
Current state law explicitly singles out individuals convicted for sex work offenses for mandatory HIV testing. We supported the repeal of this statute which is discriminatory towards both sex workers and...
This bill addressed probate court practices for hearing name change petitions, and in doing so, established a standard for sealing name change petition requests if there is good cause to believe it...
This bill would require ballot questions to be “written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.” It is often very easy for public officials —...