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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Kazarian, and Chippendale

     Date Introduced: May 12, 2026

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has learned with sorrow of the unfortunate

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passing of:

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     Frances Padula Representative Read

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     Bernard W. “Bernie” George Representative Santucci

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     Honorable Joseph D. Abbate Representatives Costantino &

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      Lombardi

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     Carrie A. Woods Speaker Shekarchi

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     Leonard J. Flood Speaker Shekarchi

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     Mary A. Testut Speaker Shekarchi

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     Francis A. Cimaglio Speaker Shekarchi

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     Alec Rogers Speaker Shekarchi

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     Nancy Carter Speaker Shekarchi

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     Mal Andrew Salvadore Esq. Speaker Shekarchi &

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      Representative McEntee

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     Richard B. Blackmer, Sr. Speaker Shekarchi

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     Erika W. Chase Heeder Representative Shallcross Smith

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     Anna Lepore Representative Costantino

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     Ann Copp Representative Costantino

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     Nancy Gale O’Neil Representative McEntee

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     Edmund J. Brock Representative McEntee

 

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     Barbara (DelGigante) Tomasso Speaker Shekarchi

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     Joseph Falvo Representative Fellela

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     Kathleen Ann Bertrand Representative DeSimone

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     Douglas A. Radicioni Representative Kennedy

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     Andrew D. “Drew” Robinson Representative Kennedy

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     Kristen Leigh Colby Representative McEntee

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     Robert C. Azar Speaker Shekarchi

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     Antonette Marie Mattoni Speaker Shekarchi

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     John A. Keenan, Jr. Speaker Shekarchi

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     Alfredo Silva Representative Read

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     Fred W. Bayha Speaker Shekarchi

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     Wayne D. Warner, Sr. Speaker Shekarchi

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     Dorothy Hickey Speaker Shekarchi

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     Robert K. van Veen Speaker Shekarchi

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     Patrick A. Hannigan Representative McEntee

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     Muriel M. Dascoli Speaker Shekarchi

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     Joseph Emilio Femino Representative Costantino

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     Myrtle J. Nicholson Speaker Shekarchi

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     Lori A. Handy Speaker Shekarchi

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     Peter M. Mazzei Speaker Shekarchi

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     Gary J. Melino Speaker Shekarchi

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     Rebecca Bjorkman Speaker Shekarchi

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     Michael Alan Ferolito Speaker Shekarchi

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     Barbara Bagley Representative Costantino

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     Sylvester Mallone, Jr. Representative Kennedy

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     Doreen J. Guittarr Representative Place

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     James “Jimmy” P. McCormick Representative Place

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     Marion T. Long Representative McNamara

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     Rachel J. Duquette Representative Place

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     Kenneth Jacoppi Representative McEntee

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     Donna Edwards Representative Abney

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     Gregg Polak Representative Shallcross Smith

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     John Thornhill, Jr. Representative Ackerman

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     Beverley O. Hadfield Speaker Shekarchi

 

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     NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the

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State of Rhode Island extends its sincerest condolences and expression of sympathy to the

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bereaved; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to

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transmit a properly inscribed memorial to the bereaved.

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