State Legislature: Firefighter Cancer Pension Bill Advanced

(Providence, RI)--The Rhode Island House and Senate labor committees approved legislation yesterday guaranteeing a pension for firefighters if they get diagnosed with cancer while on the job.The legislation is expected to come up in a special summer session for the General Assembly next week.In other state legislature news from Wednesday, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello introduced a bill to eliminate the requirement that Rhode Islanders register in person at one of the two casinos in the state in order to set up a mobile account for sports-betting.


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