S821 would allow employees to sue if they face psychological damage in the workplace. The employer would be required to provide a workplace that doesn’t have any such cases.
The Rhode Island Senate passed S821 on June 8, 2023, by a vote of 28 to 3. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill is overly broad and can be used to force transgender policy into the workplace. Government should not intervene in businesses by forcing them to prevent loosely defined “psychological abuse.”
| Legislator | Vote |
|---|---|
| Jonathon Acosta | Yes |
| Samuel Bell | Yes |
| Robert Britto | None |
| John Burke | Yes |
| Sandra Cano | Yes |
| Frank Ciccone | None |
| Jessica de la Cruz | No |
| Anthony Deluca | Yes |
| Alana DiMario | Yes |
| Louis Dipalma | Yes |
| Dawn Euer | Yes |
| Walter Felag | Yes |
| Hanna Gallo | Yes |
| Victoria Gu | Yes |
| Meghan Kallman | Yes |
| Matthew LaMountain | Yes |
| Pamela Lauria | Yes |
| Valarie Lawson | Yes |
| Frank Lombardi | Yes |
| Frank Lombardo | Yes |
| Tiara Mack | Yes |
| Mark McKenney | Yes |
| Joshua Miller | Yes |
| Elaine Morgan | None |
| Melissa Murray | Yes |
| Thomas Paolino | None |
| Ryan Pearson | Yes |
| Roger Picard | No |
| Ana Quezada | Yes |
| Leonidas Raptakis | None |
| Gordon Rogers | Yes |
| Dominick Ruggerio | None |
| Susan Sosnowski | Yes |
| David Tikoian | Yes |
| Linda Ujifusa | Yes |
| Bridget Valverde | Yes |
| Samuel Zurier | No |