SR 2423

This Rhode Island Senate Resolution urges the federal government to take comprehensive action to reduce the risk of nuclear war, including signing and ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), making nuclear disarmament the centerpiece of U.S. national security policy, and leading global efforts to prevent nuclear conflict. The resolution highlights the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons use, criticizes the current U.S. nuclear modernization program that will cost over $1 trillion, and calls for moving away from policies that keep nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert under sole presidential authority. As a non-binding resolution, this measure expresses the Rhode Island Senate's position on federal nuclear weapons policy but does not create any laws or requirements; rather, it serves as a formal statement urging federal action on nuclear disarmament.