RI Legislature Passes 'Providence Plantations' Removal Ballot Question.

(Providence, RI)--The Rhode Island General Assembly has sent a number of bills to Governor Raimondo after a special summer session this week.One of them which has the full backing of the governor would send the question of whether to remove "Providence Plantations" from the official state name to voters in November.The General Assembly also approved legislation to require gun dealers to notify the hometown police department of a would-be buyer's attempted purchase, the Rhode Island Parentage Act, which aims to eliminate the obstacles of legalizing a family that is created through non-traditional reproductive methods, a bill amending emergency mail ballot procedures, and a disability pension bill to establish that any type of cancer found in firefighters is occupational cancer.


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