AWB effective July 2026, 10-round mag limit (2022), 7-day waiting period, training required for CCW, suppressors banned, red-flag law, duty to retreat in public. Restrictive may-issue carry tradition.

Recreational cannabis legal 2022 (Cannabis Act). Automatic expungement of approximately 23,000 cannabis convictions. First state to authorize overdose prevention centers (2021 law) - implementation underway. Strong harm reduction.

State minimum wage $16.00/hr. MIT living wage for 1 adult: $17.16/hr. Ratio 0.93 — minimum-wage workers earn 93% of what's needed to live there alone.

High tax burden and high per-pupil spending with only average NAEP scores and middling infrastructure. Decent healthcare access but cost-to-outcome ratio underwhelms.

IJ grades RI B-. No QI reform. Body cam funding but no full mandate. No comprehensive privacy law (Data Transparency Act 2023 narrow). Limited ICE cooperation. Strong whistleblower protections.

No-excuse mail voting since 2022 (Let RI Vote Act removed witness/notary). Early voting 20 days. No same-day registration; deadline 30 days. Automatic registration. Non-strict ID. Felons vote after release (since 2006). Bipartisan commission with moderate bias. Recent expansions; small state with good polling access.

Medicaid expansion adopted 2014. Abortion protected by Reproductive Privacy Act 2019; Medicaid coverage of abortion (2023). Gender-affirming care protected. Low uninsured rate. Commonwealth Fund top 5 ranking.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate (state funding announced 2022). Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights still protects discipline. POST decertification. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. AG can investigate but local DAs typically handle. Chokeholds restricted. Per-capita killings lowest in nation (zero in 2024).

Abortion right protected by Reproductive Privacy Act. Medicaid coverage for abortion. Comprehensive LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination. Conversion therapy banned. Shield law including telehealth. Gender-affirming care protected. No religious mandates.

Not a right-to-work state. Paid family leave (TCI since 2014) and TDI. Paid sick leave (Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act 2018). Federal OSHA. Prevailing wage. Moderate wage theft enforcement (Wage Theft Act 2023, criminal penalties). Below-median fatal injury rate.