Chapter 251 |
2019 -- S 1013 Enacted 07/15/2019 |
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 |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
SECTION 1. Section 25-2-46 of the General Laws in Chapter 25-2 entitled "Days of |
Special Observance" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
25-2-46. Gold Star Parents Day. Gold Star Family Day. |
The third Sunday in October in each and every year shall be set aside as a day to be |
known as "Rhode Island Gold Star Parents Family Day." This nation and state owe an enormous |
debt to those grieving parents who have lost children in war. The day is to be observed by the |
people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places, and shall cause a display of the |
state and American flags to be flown at half-staff over the Rhode Island State House to |
commemorate this day of remembrance to honor their memory. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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