Over-the-Counter Medication in Schools (H 7506, S 2401)
This legislation would allow high school students to bring over-the-counter medications for self-administration on school property.
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.
This legislation would allow high school students to bring over-the-counter medications for self-administration on school property.
This legislation would have required all prisoners to be counted, for redistricting purposes only, at their last known address, rather than at the prison that they are incarcerated in.
The proposed FY 2021 budget includes a proposed sales tax on “lobbying services.” We argued that this tax would...
This legislation would exclude buprenorphine from the list of controlled substances for which possession can result in such penalties, ensuring that substance use disorders are treated by rehabilitative and...
This legislation would repeal an outmoded statute which declares any person serving a life sentence in prison "civilly dead."
This legislation would have established an independent redistricting commission in order to ensure that Rhode Island’s legislative districts are not impacted by partisan gerrymandering. We supported this...