Rhode Island

Rhode Island: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

127 bills: 40 Anti-LGBTQ+, 87 Pro-LGBTQ+. 25 are enacted (0 Anti-LGBTQ+, 25 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed1024062
Enacted25025

Most recent bills

All 127 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Rhode Island: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Rhode Island, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015202004: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2005: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2006: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2007: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 13 Pro-LGBTQ+2008: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 8 Pro-LGBTQ+2009: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2010: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2011: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+, 11 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 11 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Rhode Island, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Rhode Island by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0123452006: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 5 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 4 Pro-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Rhode Island by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012345200620102014201820222026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
20261156000
202516511404
202417611505
2023853202
2022541101
2021716303
2018101101
2017101101
2016101000
2014101000
2013312202
2012202101
2011936202
2010110000
2009110000
20081028000
200715213000
2006936303
2005514000
2004404000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents312
Bathrooms & facilities110
Sports participation10100
Youth gender-affirming care954
Adult gender-affirming care303
Insurance coverage514
Prisons, jails & detention110
Schools & curriculum532
DEI & bias training110
Book bans & censorship202
Pronouns, names & outing101
Marriage, family & custody48642
Nondiscrimination protections36036
Hate crimes303
Religious exemptions660
Conversion therapy303
Symbolic resolutions & recognition10010
Government process, funding & data505

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Domestic Partner Nondiscrimination21021
Marriage Equality13013
Employment Nondiscrimination10010
Sports Ban: K1210100
Healthcare Nondiscrimination909
Sports Ban: Colleges990
Sports Ban: SWSA990
Civil Unions808
Holiday/Recognition606
Religious Exemptions: Medical660
Same-Sex Marriage Ban660
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment660
Show the other 39 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors550
Judicial Nondiscrimination505
Forced Outing: Schools440
Housing Nondiscrimination404
Insurance Nondiscrimination404
Supportive Resolution404
Broad Nondiscrimination303
Conversion Therapy Ban303
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act330
HIV and STI Care303
Privacy: Data Protection303
Privacy: Medical303
Safe State Bill303
Anti-Bullying202
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban202
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law220
Hate Crime Classification202
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12220
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education220
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination202
Algorithmic Nondiscrimination101
Birth Certificate Or Identification101
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Don't Say AIDS110
Don't Say AIDS: K12110
Don't Say Gay: K12110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12110
Don't Say Trans: K12110
Easy Name And Gender Changes101
End Trans Panic Defense101
Gender Affirming Care101
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition110
Inclusive Language101
Misgendering: Forced110
Provider Protections101
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Foreign Marriages110
Supporting Unhoused LGBTQ+ People101
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12110
Trans Segregation Bill110

Hearings

No hearings are listed for this jurisdiction.

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Elaine MorganRSenatorSD-03420
Tiara MackDSenatorSD-00615
Melissa MurrayDSenatorSD-02411
Edith AjelloDRepresentativeHD-0018
Gordon RogersRSenatorSD-0218
Alana DiMarioDSenatorSD-0367
Joshua MillerDSenatorSD-0287
Meghan KallmanDSenatorSD-0157
Rebecca KislakDRepresentativeHD-0047
Samuel BellDSenatorSD-0057

All 155 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 1:26-cv-00814D.R.I.District2026
Case 1:25-cv-00342D.R.I.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-00447D.R.I.District2025
Case 1:25-cv-00626D.R.I.District2025
Case ne8d21ab855D.R.I.District1992

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.