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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD T. CARDILLO, JR. FOR HIS SERVICE TO

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Fellela, Corvese, Chippendale,
Paplauskas, Serpa, O'Brien, Hull, and J. Lombardi

     Date Introduced: January 23, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Edward T. Cardillo, Jr., Representative from District 42 of

the Rhode Island House of Representatives, is stepping down at the end of the 2024 legislative

year; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 2020, Representative Cardillo was elected to represent the

people of Johnston in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, a position he has held for the

past four years. Most recently, he has served as a member of the House Labor Committee, the

House Oversight Committee, and the House Small Business Committee; and

     WHEREAS, During his term in office, Representative Cardillo introduced legislation that

would remove the $8 fee for vehicle owners who acquire a newly redesigned license plate, a bill

that ultimately became law with the passage of the State budget. He also sponsored legislation

requiring the disclosure of default judgments of credit card debt by state officials to increase

transparency in the legislative process, and cosponsored legislation requiring annual weapons

qualifications for correctional officers, as well as a law designed to help curb the theft of catalytic

converters; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, during his tenure in the House, Representative Cardillo

championed and added his support for the passage of a $210 million general obligation bond that

would fund building and repairs to the Town of Johnston's public schools; and

     WHEREAS, Previous to his service in the House, Representative Cardillo served on the

Johnston Housing Authority and the Johnston Democratic Town Committee; and

     WHEREAS, A graduate of Cranston High School, Representative Cardillo is an

employee of J. DeMarco Landscape Inc., and was a former mechanic. He makes his home in the

Town of Johnston with his wife, Patricia, and is the proud father of two daughters, Brianna and

Lauren; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Cardillo has enhanced Rhode Island’s future through his

diligent efforts on behalf of his constituency and the citizens of this State, and he will be greatly

missed in the House Chamber; now, therefore be it

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

expresses sincere gratitude to Representative Edward T. Cardillo, Jr. as he concludes his service

in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. We thank him for a job well done, and extend our

sincere wishes for his continued health, happiness, and success; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Edward T. Cardillo, Jr.

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