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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT B. JACQUARD FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Filippi, Casimiro, and Kazarian

     Date Introduced: December 14, 2020

     Referred To: Placed on the House Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island House of Representatives will be losing a valued member

with the retirement of Representative Robert B. Jacquard; and

     WHEREAS, Robert Jacquard graduated from La Salle Academy, received his Bachelor

of Science degree at Roger Williams University, his Master's degree in Administration of

Justice/Homeland Security from Salve Regina University, and his Juris Doctorate from Roger

Williams University School of Law; and

     WHEREAS, A retired police sergeant, Robert Jacquard is married to his lovely wife,

Kathleen and is the proud father of Kathryn Jacquard. He currently works as a self-employed

attorney; and

     WHEREAS, Since taking the oath of office in January of 1993, Representative Jacquard

has served his constituency with integrity and loyalty in House District 17, which covers

neighborhoods in the City of Cranston, for an inspiring twenty-eight years; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Jacquard has served on myriad committees throughout his

years at the State House and has a vast knowledge and broad understanding of the legislative

process that will be greatly missed. He serves as Chair of the House Committee on Corporations,

and is also a member of the House Committee on Conduct and the House Committee on

Veterans’ Affairs; and

     WHEREAS, During his tenure in the House, Representative Jacquard has successfully

sponsored a panoply of bills including legislation that allows the creation of a Superior Court

diversion program, a bill that provided consumer protections in eye care services, legislation

requiring all electrical work performed in the State to be done in accordance with the latest

edition of the National Electrical Code, and also requiring the State Building Commission to

adopt the latest edition of the National Electrical Code, to name but a few of his many

accomplishments; and

     WHEREAS, Members, staff and observers of the legislative process will greatly miss the

calm demeanor and consensus building capabilities that Representative Jacquard has always

brought to long nights in committee meetings and longer nights in the House Chamber; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors and commends one of the legislature’s most venerated members, the Honorable Robert

Jacquard. We moreover wish him continued success and much happiness in all his future

endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Robert B. Jacquard.

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