S1013

	2019 -- S 1013
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE

	Introduced By: Senators Felag, Crowley, Sheehan, Coyne, and Seveney
	Date Introduced: June 25, 2019
	Referred To: Placed on Senate Calendar
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 25-2-46 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-2 entitled "Days of
2	Special Observance" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	25-2-46. Gold Star Parents Day. Gold Star Family Day.
4	The third Sunday in October in each and every year shall be set aside as a day to be
5	known as "Rhode Island Gold Star Parents Family Day." This nation and state owe an enormous
6	debt to those grieving parents who have lost children in war. The day is to be observed by the
7	people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places, and shall cause a display of the
8	state and American flags to be flown at half-staff over the Rhode Island State House to
9	commemorate this day of remembrance to honor their memory.
10	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE
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1	This act would change the name of Gold Star Parents Day to Gold Star Family Day.
2	This act would take effect upon passage.
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