We had a similar bill several sessions ago. It was an idiotic idea then, and it's an idiotic idea now. Main reason? We don't HAVE anyone from Puerto Rico on the forum!
We don't have anybody from Utah either. I think if Puerto Rico was a state in Atlasia, I'd be tempted to move there.
We have people registered in Utah though. I would rather do something like have the GM make up some sort of referendum numbers, so we can say that we held a referendum, in Puerto Rico, since nobody is in Puerto Rico at this time.
I am sure a past GM did that, or something similar at the least upon my request. IIRC Statehood lost.