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Animal Abuse Registry (H 5040)
We opposed this bill which would create an “animal abuse registry” similar to the registration requirements already in effect for persons convicted of sex offenses.
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We opposed this bill which would create an “animal abuse registry” similar to the registration requirements already in effect for persons convicted of sex offenses.
We supported legislation which, since passed, now provides a critical protection against housing discrimination based on a potential tenant’s source of income, an issue which particularly impacts...
We opposed a piece of legislation which would have made interference with traffic by standing, sitting, kneeling, or otherwise loitering on a highway a felony crime punishable by three years in prison.
We supported multiple menstrual equity bills which would guarantee the providing of no-cost menstrual products to all public schools and prisons in Rhode Island.
We supported a bill which was introduced to streamline the process for individuals to gain the authority to solemnize certain marriages in Rhode Island.
Heard only two days after its introduction, this resolution sought to implement a process for the House to discipline and expel democratically elected leaders in its chamber.