Debate over a 1980s state law related to cancer diagnoses in firefighters – and a Rhode Island Supreme Court decision from late last year that called the provision’s language into question – arrived on Smith Hill last week. The labor committees in both chambers of the General Assembly heard testimony on legislation that would amend an existing section of state law to spell out a “conclusive presumption” that any cancer diagnosis for a firefighter is deemed job-related, with three specific exemptions. In both cases – House Bill No. 7449 and Senate Bill No. 2302 – the legislation was held for further study. But the measure found a friendly audience in lawmakers, even as some raised questions over the process and the proposal’s potential costs. To supporters of the legislation, there is little to debate.