Testimony Archive

• June 2026

          S2863:Support for 12 Month Hormone Therapy Coverage

• May 2026

  S3107: Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Bill
  S2051: The Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act
  S2045, S2047, S2605, S2608, S2828, S2966, S2967: Senate Immigration Package of Bills
  H8182, H7323: Fertility and Contraceptive Insurance Coverage
  S2460:Private Insurance Coverage for Infertility Treatment
  H8174, H8175: Medicaid Coverage for Midwives and Lactation Counselors

• April 2026:

  S3143: Rhode Island Voting Rights Act
  S2863: 12 Month Hormone Therapy Coverage
  S2938, S2939, S2947: Judicial Selection Updates
  H7940: Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Bill
  H8057: Decriminalizing Sex Work
  H7792: Rescinding Previous Article V Convention Applications
  H8334: Rhode Island Voting Rights Act

• March 2026:

  H7206: Speak Your Truth Act
  H7211: The Rhode Island Community Protection Act
  H7202: The Rhode Island Federal Constitution Act

• February 2026:

  S2132: Same Day Voting Registration
  H7629: Fertility Health Care Coverage

• May 2025

  H5996: RI Individual Marketplace Affordability Act
  S707: RI Individual Marketplace Affordability Act

• April 2025:

  H5276: The Freedom to Read Act
  H5295, H5296, H5661: Opposing Suite of Anti-Abortion Bills
  H6174: The Protection of Healthcare Providers Act
  H6125: House Resolution in Support of LGBTQIA+ Community

• March 2025:

  S0238: Freedom to Read Bill
  S820: Same Day Registration
  H5515: Amendment to the Constitution of Suffrage
  H5629: Fertility Healthcare Coverage

• April 2024:

  H7884: Opposing Children Deserve "Help not Harm"
  H7781: Opposing Parents Bill of Rights Act
  H7727: Opposing Fairness in Women's Sports Act
  S2779: Same-Day Voter Registration

• March 2024:

  S2651: Custodial Law Enforcement of Sexual Penetration
  H7394: Equal Rights Amendment Resolution
  S2667: Practice in Probate Court
  H7694: The Individual Market Affordability Act
  S2399: Medicare Savings Program
  H7873: Opposition to Parental Rights
  H7474: Same Day Voter Registration
  H7577/S2262: Provider Shield Law
  H7370, H7375, H7529: Opposition to the Anti-Abortion Bill suite
  H7326: Renaming Victory Day
  H7386/S2281: Freedom to Read Bill
  H7575/S2429: Librarian Relief Bill

• February 2024:

  H7091: Codify the ACA’s prohibition against annual and lifetime limits
  S2088: No-Cost Share Birth Control
  H7307: Immunity Bill, Workers/Survivors in Reporting Violent Crimes
  H7171: Extend Paid Family Leave

• May 2023:

  S0032: The Equality in Abortion Coverage Act
  S527: Support of the Equity Impact Statement
  S562: Support of the No-Cost Contraception bill

• April 2023:

  S0431: Oppose License Plates that funnel money to fake clinics
  H6110: Support Budget Equity Bill
  S608: Support for Same Day Voter Registration

• March 2023:

  H5688: “Don’t Say Gay” copycats have NO place in our state!
  H5739: Denying Accurate Historical Info Doesn’t Erase Racism
  H5896/S372: There is no consent in custody!
  H6066: Obscenity Amendment
  S23/H5426: Safeguards ACA Patient Protections
  H5763: Equity Impact Statement
  H6064: Ensure Safety for Sex Workers & Trafficking Survivors Who Witness or Report a Crime
  H5006: Equality in Abortion Coverage Act

• June  2022:

  S2637, S2653, and S2825: Implement gun safety reform measures

• May 2022:

  S2549: Equality in Abortion Coverage Act
  H7442: Equality in Abortion Coverage Act

• April 2022:
  

  H7539: Copycat of bills from other states that pushes a racist, anti-gay and anti-transgender agenda
  S2007: Ensures Access to Voting by Mail
  S2202: Post-Partum Coverage in Medicaid
  S2285: Comprehensive Sex Education
  H7789: Rhode Island Works is a safety net for families in times of crisis
  H7306, 7307, 7405: Anti-Abortion Bill Suite
  H7189: Ban on Abortions
  H7548: Anti-Abortion Resolution
  S2713: Decriminalize sex work & expand eligibility for expungement of criminal records for past convictions related to sex work

• March 2022:
  

  S2548: Special enrollment for pregnancy
  S2316: Rhode Island Works
  Letter to DOE: Reinstate Arts as a Core Content Area
  S2006: Driver's licenses for undocumented people

• February 2022:
  

  H7560 and H7500: Ensure health insurance protections currently offered under the federal ACA
  H.7346: Pharmacists to dispense contraception after initial health screening
  S2216: Ensures Access to Voting by Mail and Improves the Process for Requesting a Mail-in Ballot
  H6637: Relating to Criminal Offenses and Sexual Assault
  H7166, Comprehensive Sex Education
  H7138: Parental Rights Bill

• January 2022:

  H7183: Ensures important health insurance protections currently offered under the federal ACA are included in our state laws

• May 2021:

  Letter of Support: Governor's Budget Article 13, section 5
  Amendment to H5270: Requires hotels to have staff take anti-trafficking trainings
  H5787, H6075, & H5790: Eliminate state bans on health coverage for state employees and the Medicaid program
  H6075 (and H5787 and H5709): Ensures 12 months post-partum coverage in Medicaid
  S. 771: Makes prostitution a civil fine rather than a misdemeanor

• April 2021:

  S.614: Create a license plate that funnels money to fake health centers
  S.267: Equality in Abortion Coverage Act
  H.5929:Doula Care
  H.5552, H.5579, H.5037, and H.5582/S664: Inflammatory claims about labor, delivery care, and how abortion care is provided
  H.5865 & H.5996: Which could take away all access to abortion as early as 6-8 weeks
  H.5683: Meet the needs of low-income Rhode Islanders by making critical changes to the RI Works program

• March 2021:

  H.6070: An Act Relating to Education Curriculum
  S.62: Confidentiality of patient’s information in the explanation of benefits (EOBs) that are provided by insurance companies
  S251: Ensures access to free menstrual products in prisons
  S.484: Supports and Provides Reimbursement for Prenatal Doula Services
  H.6003: Address barriers to voting and help to ensure that we are all able to make our voices heard at the ballot box
  S.516: Addressing barriers to voting and help to ensure that we are all able to make our voices heard at the ballot box
  H.5544: Unprofessional conduct for doctors to do a pelvic exam on an unconscious or anesthetized woman
  H5843: Ensure important health insurance protections currently offered under the federal Affordable Care Act are included in our state laws
  H5763: Prohibits insurance companies from varying the premium rates charged for a health coverage plan based on gender
  H5604: Ensures that young people in Rhode Island public schools in grade 6-12^th will receive comprehensive sex education

• February 2021

  S.0323: Ensure that domestic workers in Rhode Island at least receive the state minimum wage
  S.0271: Raise the wage for direct-care workers
  S.0270: Fair Pay
  H.5250: Creates a study commission to revise laws on commercial sexual activity
  H.5467: Ensures that people will not be prosecuted for commercial sex work if they are witnesses to crimes
  S.0249: Affirms that if a police officer has sex with someone they have arrested or detained, that is sexual assault
  H. 5241: Pharmacists to dispense contraception after an initial health screening
  Providence City Council: Opposing VIP Room Bans
  H. 5028: Promoting civics literacy by requiring public school students in Rhode Island to complete a course in American Civics proficiency
  H. 5083: Providing free menstrual products in public schools and prisons

• January 2021

  H. 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011:Safe & Accessible Govt

• March 1, 2020

  H.7440: End Gender Rating

• February 2020

  H.7355: Existence of a fetal heartbeat or flutter
  S.2124: Make doula services eligible for reimbursement through private insurance and Medicaid programs
  S.2136 / H.7541: Update parentage laws to take out gendered language around surrogacy and assisted reproductive technology in order to end discrimination against LGBTQ parents and families
  Testimony in favor of RI Board of Elections’ proposed rule to allow state and local candidates to use campaign funds for child care needed to run or hold office

• May 29, 2019

  S.509: Fair Pay Act

• April 26, 2019

  H.5609/S.0678: Doula Services Covered by Insurance & Medicaid

• January 2019

  Proposed Sexual Harassment Fix and House Rules Reform (combined)
  S.152 / H.5127: The Reproductive Health Care Act

• June 7, 2018

  H 8278, H 8281, H 8280, H8279, H8276, H8275, H8277, H7888: Sexual Harassment Bill Package

• May 31, 2018

  S.2163: Reproductive Health Care Act

• May 17, 2018

  H.7891: Licenses for DACA Recipients

• April 25, 2018

  H.7653/S.2525: Protecting Contraception Access Bill