HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES

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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 Blazejewski, and Chippendale

Date Introduced:
March 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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Richard F. Graham, Jr. Representative Cotter
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Joseph R. Degnan, Sr. Representatives Lombardi and McEntee
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Martha M. Farrell Representative Ackerman
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Cesar Augusto Mateo Representative Diaz
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Laura Crum Representative Lombardi
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Brian M. Desmarais Representative Ackerman
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Manuel Pedroso Representative Soloman
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Guido P. Ottaviani Representative Kennedy
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Michael Louis Murano Representative Kennedy
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Richard P. “Dick” Coduri Representative Kennedy
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Dawn Marie Pappadia Representative Kennedy
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Vicki R. Fox Mowry Representatives Place and Newberry
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John Joseph Scotti Speaker Shekarchi
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Helen S. Taylor Speaker Shekarchi
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Margret Allstrom Speaker Shekarchi
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Peter A. Izzi Speaker Shekarchi
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Judy Kennedy Speaker Shekarchi
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Richard P. Smith Speaker Shekarchi

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Brian R. Sypher Speaker Shekarchi
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Norma A. McKnight Speaker Shekarchi
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Mark Richard Curzake Representative McEntee
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Robert P. “Pie” Piekarski Representative Brien
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Catherine “Kitty” Petrarca Speaker Shekarchi
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Brian M. Holland Representative McEntee
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Augustine “Gus” W. Eddy II Representative Place
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Gina Marie Spaulding Representative Kennedy
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Patricia Ann Raiche Representative Kennedy
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James A. McQuaide, Sr. Representative Kennedy
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Michael Zarum Speaker Shekarchi
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Frank Joseph Celico Representative Kennedy
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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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