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H8543 • 2026
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES
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HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES
House read and passed
HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES
H8543 2026 -- H 8543 ======== LC006420 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ 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 1 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives has learned with sorrow of the unfortunate 2 passing of: 3 Frances Padula Representative Read 4 Bernard W. “Bernie” George Representative Santucci 5 Honorable Joseph D. Abbate Representatives Costantino & 6 Lombardi 7 Carrie A. Woods Speaker Shekarchi 8 Leonard J. Flood Speaker Shekarchi 9 Mary A. Testut Speaker Shekarchi 10 Francis A. Cimaglio Speaker Shekarchi 11 Alec Rogers Speaker Shekarchi 12 Nancy Carter Speaker Shekarchi 13 Mal Andrew Salvadore Esq. Speaker Shekarchi & 14 Representative McEntee 15 Richard B. Blackmer, Sr. Speaker Shekarchi 16 Erika W. Chase Heeder Representative Shallcross Smith 17 Anna Lepore Representative Costantino 18 Ann Copp Representative Costantino 19 Nancy Gale O’Neil Representative McEntee 20 Edmund J. Brock Representative McEntee 1 Barbara (DelGigante) Tomasso Speaker Shekarchi 2 Joseph Falvo Representative Fellela 3 Kathleen Ann Bertrand Representative DeSimone 4 Douglas A. Radicioni Representative Kennedy 5 Andrew D. “Drew” Robinson Representative Kennedy 6 Kristen Leigh Colby Representative McEntee 7 Robert C. Azar Speaker Shekarchi 8 Antonette Marie Mattoni Speaker Shekarchi 9 John A. Keenan, Jr. Speaker Shekarchi 10 Alfredo Silva Representative Read 11 Fred W. Bayha Speaker Shekarchi 12 Wayne D. Warner, Sr. Speaker Shekarchi 13 Dorothy Hickey Speaker Shekarchi 14 Robert K. van Veen Speaker Shekarchi 15 Patrick A. Hannigan Representative McEntee 16 Muriel M. Dascoli Speaker Shekarchi 17 Joseph Emilio Femino Representative Costantino 18 Myrtle J. Nicholson Speaker Shekarchi 19 Lori A. Handy Speaker Shekarchi 20 Peter M. Mazzei Speaker Shekarchi 21 Gary J. Melino Speaker Shekarchi 22 Rebecca Bjorkman Speaker Shekarchi 23 Michael Alan Ferolito Speaker Shekarchi 24 Barbara Bagley Representative Costantino 25 Sylvester Mallone, Jr. Representative Kennedy 26 Doreen J. Guittarr Representative Place 27 James “Jimmy” P. McCormick Representative Place 28 Marion T. Long Representative McNamara 29 Rachel J. Duquette Representative Place 30 Kenneth Jacoppi Representative McEntee 31 Donna Edwards Representative Abney 32 Gregg Polak Representative Shallcross Smith 33 John Thornhill, Jr. Representative Ackerman 34 Beverley O. Hadfield Speaker Shekarchi LC006420 - Page 2 of 3 1 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the 2 State of Rhode Island extends its sincerest condolences and expression of sympathy to the 3 bereaved; and be it further 4 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 5 transmit a properly inscribed memorial to the bereaved. ======== LC006420 ======== LC006420 - Page 3 of 3