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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
HONORING SENATOR FRANK S. LOMBARDI, ESQ. FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE | |
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Ciccone, Pearson, Felag, Gu, Britto, Lawson, | |
Date Introduced: June 13, 2024 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate bids farewell to our good friend and |
2 | colleague, Senator Frank S. Lombardi, who is retiring from the Rhode Island Senate, District 26, |
3 | after twelve years of devoted public service to his constituents and the citizens of the State of |
4 | Rhode Island; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Upon graduation from Classical High School, Senator Lombardi earned his |
6 | Bachelor’s degree in business from Providence College and a Juris Doctor from the Northeastern |
7 | University School of Law. He is the husband of Antonelia Lombardi, and together they have twin |
8 | daughters, Cassandra and Christina; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Most currently, Senator Lombardi serves as Vice Chair of the Senate |
10 | Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Labor. During his tenure in the Senate he |
11 | has advanced legislation to protect children and workers, support families and small businesses, |
12 | and promote government reform and transparency; and |
13 | WHEREAS, Senator Lombardi has sponsored and supported legislation barring third- |
14 | party delivery services from listing a business without that business's consent, legislation |
15 | prohibiting employers from making deductions from an employee's wages without written |
16 | authorization from the worker, a bill requiring court-appointed special advocate volunteers for |
17 | abused children to pass background checks, and a bill to ensure an adult trained in recognizing |
18 | concussion symptoms is present during all youth sports events. He also initiated legislation |
19 | adding dyslexia screening as a required portion of elementary literacy programs and a bill to bar |
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1 | the sale of puppies that are not fully weaned; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Over the course of his time at the State House, Senator Lombardi has also |
3 | introduced legislation giving families the right to visit relatives in nursing homes during |
4 | emergencies and permit homeowners to build accessory dwellings for family members, a bill |
5 | requiring transparency on the 38 Studios issue, and called for a joint legislative commission to |
6 | study line-item veto authority and runoff elections for governor when no candidate receives a |
7 | majority vote; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Senator Lombardi has practiced law for nearly three decades and maintains |
9 | an active law practice, Frank S. Lombardi Law Associates. He has also served as a Probate |
10 | Clerk/Judge for the City of Providence, is a former member of the Board of Directors for the |
11 | Justinian Law Society, and formerly served as Vice President of the Probate Judges Association; |
12 | and |
13 | WHEREAS, Devoted to his community, Senator Lombardi has been a longtime youth |
14 | soccer official and was inducted into the Rhode Island Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame. |
15 | He was also honored as the organization’s Referee of the Year eight times and is President of the |
16 | Rhode Island Soccer Officials Association. If you want to hear more about his experiences on the |
17 | pitch, just ask him! He is a parishioner of the Holy Apostles Church, a former member of the |
18 | Board of Trustees for Saint Mary's Academy Bay View, and a former Board Member for Saint |
19 | Rocco's School; and |
20 | WHEREAS, Senator Lombardi’s devotion to the citizens of Cranston and the Ocean |
21 | State have earned him our unqualified admiration and respect, and he will most assuredly be |
22 | missed; now, therefore be it |
23 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby honors Senator Frank |
24 | S. Lombardi as he concludes his service in the Rhode Island Senate. We moreover thank him for |
25 | a job well done, and extend our sincere wishes for his continued health, happiness and success; |
26 | and be it further |
27 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
28 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Frank S. Lombardi, Esq. |
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