{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-43-4-18.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 43-4-18.1","heading":"Use of appropriate disability language.","body":"The office of the law revision director is authorized and empowered to delete the words “the handicapped” and insert instead the words “people with disabilities”, delete the words “handicap person” or “handicapped person” and insert instead the words “person with disability”, and delete the word “handicap” and insert instead the word “disability” in any reenactment of the general laws.","path":["Title 43 Statutes and Statutory Construction","Chapter 4 Effect of General Laws"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE43/43-4/43-4-18.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:16Z","sha256":"93fa5585eb881a6a5af844c29e8171e5a8908ef3b525707010a03e00e49b0e71","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-43-4-18","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-1-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}