(a) All persons within the state, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability,
age, or country of ancestral origin, have, except as is otherwise provided or permitted
by law, the same rights to make and enforce contracts, to inherit, purchase, to lease,
sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, to sue, be parties, give evidence,
and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of
persons and property, and are subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes,
licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the right to “make and enforce contracts, to inherit,
purchase, to lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property” includes the
making, performance, modification and termination of contracts and rights concerning
real or personal property, and the enjoyment of all benefits, terms, and conditions
of the contractual and other relationships.
(c) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect chapter 14.1 of title 37, chapter 5.1 of title 28, or any other remedial programs designed to address past societal discrimination.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the terms “sex” and “age” have the same meaning
as those terms are defined in § 28-5-6, the state fair employment practices act. The term “disability” has the same meaning
as that term is defined in § 42-87-1, and the terms, as used regarding persons with disabilities, “auxiliary aids and
services,” “readily achievable,” “reasonable accommodation,” “reasonable modification,”
and “undue hardship” shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in § 42-87-1.1.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term:
(1) “Protective hairstyles” means and includes, but is not limited to, hair texture or
hairstyles, if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular
race or national origin (including a hairstyle in which hair is tightly coiled or
tightly curled, locks, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros).
(2) “Race” means and includes traits historically associated with race, including, but
not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
107
cases (
39 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case:
Horn v. S. Union Co., 927 A.2d 292 (R.I. 2007).
Horn v. S. Union Co., 927 A.2d 292 (R.I. 2007).
· cites it 20× “, joins, dissenting. The question certified to us by the United States District Court requests that we determine "the statute of limitations applicable to an employment discrimination claim asserted under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act (`RICRA'), R.”
Liu v. Striuli, 36 F. Supp. 2d 452 (D.R.I. 1999).
· cites it 7× “Count III alleges a cause of action against both Striuli and the College under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act, R.I.Gen.Laws §§ 42-112-1 to -2. Count IV alleges a cause of action against Striuli under the Rhode Island Privacy Act, R.”
Pena v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., 923 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2019).
· cites it 2× “; the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act of 1990, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 42-112-1 et seq.; the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act, R.”
Mayer v. Prof'l Ambulance, LLC, 211 F. Supp. 3d 408 (D.R.I. 2016).
· cites it 4× “§ 2000e; the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act (“RICRA”), R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-112-1 et seq.; and the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act (“FEPA”), R.”
Ward v. City of Pawtucket Police Dep't, 639 A.2d 1379 (R.I. 1994).
· cites it 6× “Section 42-112-1 addresses and defines the rights to which all Rhode Island citizens are entitled and states: “(a) All persons within the state, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, age, or country of ancestral origin, shall have, except as is otherwise provided…”
Rathbun v. Autozone, Inc., 361 F.3d 62 (1st Cir. 2004).
· cites it 2× “The employee’s ensuing appeal requires us to decide a series of questions, the most significant of which concerns the limitations period that governs employment discrimination actions brought under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act of 1990 (RICRA), R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 42-112-1 to…”
Iacampo v. Hasbro, Inc., 929 F. Supp. 562 (D.R.I. 1996).
· cites it 4× “1993) (“FEPA”); the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act of 1990, R.I.Gen.Laws § 42-112-1 to -2 (1993) (“RICRA”); and the common law.”
Wellborn v. Spurwink/Rhode Island, 873 A.2d 884 (R.I. 2005).
· cites it 5× “§ 2000e-2, the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act, G.L.1956 § 42-112-1, and the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act, G.”
Mancini v. City of Providence, 909 F.3d 32 (1st Cir. 2018).
“1 In material part, his complaint alleged that the City discriminated against him on the basis of his disability when the Chief *38 awarded him no service points and, thus, prevented him from obtaining a total score that would have resulted in his promotion.”
Eastridge v. Rhode Island Coll., 996 F. Supp. 161 (D.R.I. 1998).
· cites it 6× “’ In Count V, plaintiff alleges that defendants engaged in discrimination prohibited by R.I.Gen.Laws § 42-112-1, the state analog to 42 U.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-112-1(a) — 11 cases
Wellborn v. Spurwink/Rhode Island, 873 A.2d 884 (R.I. 2005).
“§ 2000e-2, the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act, G.L.1956 § 42-112-1, and the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act, G.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-112-1(b) — 1 case
Horn v. S. Union Co., 927 A.2d 292 (R.I. 2007).
“, joins, dissenting. The question certified to us by the United States District Court requests that we determine "the statute of limitations applicable to an employment discrimination claim asserted under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act (`RICRA'), R.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-112-1(e) — 1 case
Ward v. City of Pawtucket Police Dep't, 639 A.2d 1379 (R.I. 1994).
“Section 42-112-1 addresses and defines the rights to which all Rhode Island citizens are entitled and states: “(a) All persons within the state, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, age, or country of ancestral origin, shall have, except as is otherwise provided…”
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