Rhode Island Right to Try Act Would Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminally Ill Patients
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Mar. 3, 2022) – Today, a Rhode Island House committee held a hearing on a bill that would give terminally ill patients the “right to try” experimental treatments not given final approval by the FDA. Rep. Joseph McNamara (D) and Rep....
Rhode Island Bill Would Create State Process to End Police Qualified Immunity
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb 23, 2022) – A bill introduced in the Rhode Island Senate would create a process to sue police officers in state court for using excessive force or taking other actions that violate individual rights without the possibility of “qualified...
Rhode Island Bill Would End State Civil Asset Forfeiture, but Federal Loophole Would Remain
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 18, 2022) – A bill introduced in the Rhode Island Senate would repeal the state’s civil asset forfeiture process and replace it with nothing. But the legislation leaves a loophole open that would allow police to continue using asset...