Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0290

Introduced
2/13/25  

Caption

Grants an affirmative defense for certain privileged communications, including communications made by an individual, without malice, regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

RI H7305

Prohibits discrimination based on housing status, define "assistance animal", make it unlawful to issue discriminatory notices or statements relating to the sale, rental or leasing of housing and to delete an unconstitutional provision.

RI S0372

Sexual Assault

RI S2934

Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity.

RI S2945

Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.

RI H5930

Equal Opportunity And Affirmative Action

RI H7448

Amends provisions relative to confidentiality of health care communications and the process for requesting records and/or confidential health care information.

RI H5896

Sexual Assault

RI H7575

Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person's employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.

RI S2429

Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person’s employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.

RI H8274

Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.

Similar Bills

CA AB933

Privileged communications: incident of sexual assault, harassment, or discrimination.

CA AB2239

Digital discrimination of access: prohibition.

NJ AR49

Condemns US Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed rule limiting applicability of Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard.

CA AB831

Housing discrimination.

CA AB518

Discrimination: state employees: travel.

CA SB16

Civil rights: discrimination: enforcement.

CA AB2389

Discrimination: state employees: travel.

CA AB2925

Postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: prohibition on discrimination: training.