Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H6230 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

                             
 
 
 
2023 -- H 6230 
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D 
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 
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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N 
EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS 
Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, and Chippendale 
Date Introduced: March 29, 2023 
Referred To: House read and passed 
 
 
WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations 1 
are deserving of commendation; and  2 
Area Restaurant & Lounge; your outstanding service and excellent work for the State of 3 
Rhode Island; 4 
Representative Sanchez 5 
Ari Reyes; your outstanding service and excellent work for the city of Providence; 6 
 Representative Sanchez 7 
Richard Santana; your commitment and excellent work in the music industry for the city 8 
of Providence; 9 
 Representative Sanchez 10 
BLM RI PAC; your commitment and work advocating for the black and brown 11 
communities across the State of Rhode Island; 12 
 Representative Sanchez 13 
Reverend Santos Escobar; celebrating the joyous occasion of the 20
th
 Year Anniversary 14 
of Iglesia Vida Abundante and your commitment to love and spiritually grow the community of 15 
believers in the city of Providence; 16 
 Representative Diaz 17 
Reverend Aida Rivera; the distinguished honor of your visit to the State of Rhode Island 18 
and celebrating the joyous occasion of the 20
th
 Year Anniversary of the Iglesia Vida Abundante; 19 
 Representative Diaz 20   
 
 
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Reverend Daniel Masih, Pastor of FWAG; the distinguished honor of your visit to the 1 
State of Rhode Island and celebrating the joyous occasion of the 20
th
 Year Anniversary of the 2 
Iglesia Vida Abundante; 3 
 Representative Diaz 4 
Ellen Puccetti, Wright's Dairy Farm and Bakery; winning Rhode Island and New England 5 
Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year; 6 
 Representative Newberry 7 
Jennifer Ann Roberts, Wright's Dairy Farm and Bakery; winning Rhode Island and New 8 
England Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year; 9 
 Representative Newberry 10 
Elizabeth Dulude, Wright's Dairy Farm and Bakery; winning Rhode Island and New 11 
England Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year; 12 
 Representative Newberry 13 
Christopher Mishoe, Bravo Brewing Company; winning Rhode Island Veteran-Owned 14 
Small Business of the Year; 15 
 Representative Place 16 
Veronica Alexis Dawson, St. Andrew's School; your outstanding commitment and efforts 17 
as a student/athlete and giving back to our community by planning a girls' basketball clinic for the 18 
students in the city of Pawtucket; 19 
 Representative Alzate 20 
Edward "Ted" Shear, Academic Advisor University of Rhode Island; thank you for your 21 
commitment to the students of the University of Rhode Island and recognizing your relentless 22 
efforts to advocate and inspire your students to reach their expectations and beyond; 23 
 Representative Cotter 24 
Arianna Maggiacomo; for her testimony on behalf of dyslexic children resulting in fifty 25 
thousand dollars a year to pay for Orton-Gillingham training for teachers; 26 
 Representative Quattrocchi 27 
Benjamin Ackerman, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 28 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 29 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 30 
your educational objectives; 31 
 Speaker Shekarchi 32 
Shayla Almanzar, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 33 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 34   
 
 
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and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 1 
educational objectives; 2 
 Speaker Shekarchi 3 
Lily Amadio, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 4 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 5 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 6 
educational objectives; 7 
 Speaker Shekarchi 8 
Jeremiah Anim, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 9 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 10 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 11 
educational objectives; 12 
 Speaker Shekarchi 13 
Anna Baxter, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 14 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 15 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 16 
educational objectives; 17 
 Speaker Shekarchi 18 
Taylor Berberian, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 19 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 20 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 21 
educational objectives; 22 
 Speaker Shekarchi 23 
Ethan Bose, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 24 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 25 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 26 
educational objectives; 27 
 Speaker Shekarchi 28 
Afrida Browne, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 29 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 30 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 31 
educational objectives; 32 
 Speaker Shekarchi 33 
Lisbeth Candelaria, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 34   
 
 
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your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 1 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 2 
your educational objectives; 3 
 Speaker Shekarchi 4 
Richard Cardente, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 5 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 6 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 7 
educational objectives; 8 
 Speaker Shekarchi 9 
Lissette Caro, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 10 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 11 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 12 
educational objectives; 13 
 Speaker Shekarchi 14 
Angelina Coppola, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 15 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 16 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 17 
your educational objectives; 18 
 Speaker Shekarchi 19 
Zachary DaCosta, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 20 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 21 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 22 
educational objectives; 23 
 Speaker Shekarchi 24 
Jackson DeBorde, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 25 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 26 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 27 
educational objectives; 28 
 Speaker Shekarchi 29 
Nathalie Dougan, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 30 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 31 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 32 
educational objectives; 33 
 Speaker Shekarchi 34   
 
 
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Alexander Dufort, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 1 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 2 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 3 
educational objectives; 4 
 Speaker Shekarchi 5 
Bering Edwards, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 6 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 7 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 8 
educational objectives; 9 
 Speaker Shekarchi 10 
Jude Farley, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 11 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 12 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 13 
educational objectives; 14 
 Speaker Shekarchi 15 
Christina Fernandes, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 16 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 17 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 18 
your educational objectives; 19 
 Speaker Shekarchi 20 
Benjamin Fox, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 21 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 22 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 23 
educational objectives; 24 
 Speaker Shekarchi 25 
Carmela Frontzak, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 26 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 27 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 28 
your educational objectives; 29 
 Speaker Shekarchi 30 
Kassidy Gagnon, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 31 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 32 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 33 
educational objectives; 34   
 
 
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 Speaker Shekarchi 1 
Anna Gamgebeli, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 2 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 3 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 4 
educational objectives; 5 
 Speaker Shekarchi 6 
Emma Hansen, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 7 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 8 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 9 
educational objectives; 10 
 Speaker Shekarchi 11 
Nicholas Harter, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 12 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 13 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 14 
educational objectives; 15 
 Speaker Shekarchi 16 
Carlos Hernandez, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 17 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 18 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 19 
your educational objectives; 20 
 Speaker Shekarchi 21 
Charles Hetzel, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 22 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 23 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 24 
educational objectives; 25 
 Speaker Shekarchi 26 
McKenzie Humphrey, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 27 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 28 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 29 
your educational objectives; 30 
 Speaker Shekarchi 31 
Jamee Isme, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 32 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 33 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 34   
 
 
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educational objectives; 1 
 Speaker Shekarchi 2 
Charles Jackvony, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 3 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 4 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 5 
educational objectives; 6 
 Speaker Shekarchi 7 
Kiera Jan, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 8 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 9 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 10 
educational objectives; 11 
 Speaker Shekarchi 12 
Anna Khabaeva, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 13 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 14 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 15 
educational objectives; 16 
 Speaker Shekarchi 17 
Joseph Krug, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 18 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 19 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 20 
educational objectives; 21 
 Speaker Shekarchi 22 
Irene Kwon, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 23 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 24 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 25 
educational objectives; 26 
 Speaker Shekarchi 27 
Samuel Lagan, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 28 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 29 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 30 
educational objectives; 31 
 Speaker Shekarchi 32 
Dennis Langrock, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 33 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 34   
 
 
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and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 1 
educational objectives; 2 
 Speaker Shekarchi 3 
Christina Larson, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 4 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 5 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 6 
educational objectives; 7 
 Speaker Shekarchi 8 
Samantha Lawrence, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 9 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 10 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 11 
your educational objectives; 12 
 Speaker Shekarchi 13 
Diana Le, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 14 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 15 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 16 
educational objectives; 17 
 Speaker Shekarchi 18 
Margaret Lorraine, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 19 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 20 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 21 
your educational objectives; 22 
 Speaker Shekarchi 23 
Mya MacNeil, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 24 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 25 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 26 
educational objectives; 27 
 Speaker Shekarchi 28 
Alyssa Marcus, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 29 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 30 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 31 
educational objectives; 32 
 Speaker Shekarchi 33 
Austin McCarthy-Kelley, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 34   
 
 
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2023; your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program 1 
Spring 2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as 2 
attaining your educational objectives; 3 
 Speaker Shekarchi 4 
Caitlin McDonough, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 5 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 6 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 7 
your educational objectives; 8 
 Speaker Shekarchi 9 
Jalen Mendoza, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 10 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 11 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 12 
educational objectives; 13 
 Speaker Shekarchi 14 
Sabina Mercado, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 15 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 16 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 17 
educational objectives; 18 
 Speaker Shekarchi 19 
Gabriele Michaud, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 20 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 21 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 22 
your educational objectives; 23 
 Speaker Shekarchi 24 
Kayden Miller, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 25 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 26 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 27 
educational objectives; 28 
 Speaker Shekarchi 29 
Makenzee Montanaro, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 30 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 31 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 32 
your educational objectives; 33 
 Speaker Shekarchi 34   
 
 
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Fatimatou Ndiaye, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 1 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 3 
your educational objectives; 4 
 Speaker Shekarchi 5 
Stepheny Perez, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 6 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 7 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 8 
educational objectives; 9 
 Speaker Shekarchi 10 
Ava Piacentini, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 11 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 12 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 13 
educational objectives; 14 
 Speaker Shekarchi 15 
Tyler Prescott, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 16 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 17 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 18 
educational objectives; 19 
 Speaker Shekarchi 20 
Lorraine Quintero, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 21 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 22 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 23 
your educational objectives; 24 
 Speaker Shekarchi 25 
Mackenzie Raimond, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 26 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 27 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 28 
your educational objectives; 29 
 Speaker Shekarchi 30 
Jordan Raleigh, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 31 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 32 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 33 
educational objectives; 34   
 
 
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 Speaker Shekarchi 1 
Allison Rivard, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 2 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 3 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 4 
educational objectives; 5 
 Speaker Shekarchi 6 
Adam Roberts, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 7 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 8 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 9 
educational objectives; 10 
 Speaker Shekarchi 11 
Jadeisha Rodrigues, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 12 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 13 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 14 
your educational objectives; 15 
 Speaker Shekarchi 16 
Juan Sanchez, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 17 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 18 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 19 
educational objectives; 20 
 Speaker Shekarchi 21 
Lowis Sanchez, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 22 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 23 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 24 
educational objectives; 25 
 Speaker Shekarchi 26 
Treina Santos, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 27 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 28 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 29 
educational objectives; 30 
 Speaker Shekarchi 31 
James Scotti, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 32 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 33 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 34   
 
 
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educational objectives; 1 
 Speaker Shekarchi 2 
Sabrina Seda, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 3 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 4 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 5 
educational objectives; 6 
 Speaker Shekarchi 7 
Alissa Simon, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 8 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 9 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 10 
educational objectives; 11 
 Speaker Shekarchi 12 
Yizhou Tan, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 13 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 14 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 15 
educational objectives; 16 
 Speaker Shekarchi 17 
Cassidy Thatcher, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 18 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 19 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 20 
educational objectives; 21 
 Speaker Shekarchi 22 
Alexis Thompson, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 23 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 24 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 25 
educational objectives; 26 
 Speaker Shekarchi 27 
Melody Uribe, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 28 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 29 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 30 
educational objectives; 31 
 Speaker Shekarchi 32 
Shanee Vega, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 33 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 34   
 
 
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and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 1 
educational objectives; 2 
 Speaker Shekarchi 3 
Avilev Villalobos-Sharone, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 4 
2023; your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program 5 
Spring 2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as 6 
attaining your educational objectives; 7 
 Speaker Shekarchi 8 
Franyelys West, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 9 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 10 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 11 
educational objectives; 12 
 Speaker Shekarchi 13 
James Wilde, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; your 14 
successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023 15 
and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining your 16 
educational objectives; 17 
 Speaker Shekarchi 18 
Lauren Wokanovicz, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 19 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 20 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 21 
your educational objectives; 22 
 Speaker Shekarchi 23 
Grant Wosencroft, Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 2023; 24 
your successful completion of the Rhode Island State Government Internship Program Spring 25 
2023 and recognizing your commitment to acquiring professional experience as well as attaining 26 
your educational objectives; 27 
 Speaker Shekarchi 28 
Jillian Rogers, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 29 
achievement of being named 1
st
 Team All State, All Class, All Division to the Rhode Island 30 
Interscholastic League Girls Basketball; 31 
 Representative Casimiro 32 
Jordan Moreau, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 33 
achievement of being named 1
st
 Team All State and All Division, 2
nd
 Team All Class, to the 34   
 
 
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Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Basketball; 1 
 Representative Casimiro 2 
Jaylen Holmes, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 3 
achievement of being named 2
nd
 Team All State and All Division, 3
rd
 Team All Class, to the 4 
Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Basketball; 5 
 Representative Casimiro 6 
Katherine Martone, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding 7 
athletic achievement of being named 2
nd
 Team All Division, to the Rhode Island Interscholastic 8 
League Girls Basketball; 9 
 Representative Casimiro 10 
Carly Lafferty, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 11 
achievement of being named 3
rd
 Team All Division, to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League 12 
Girls Basketball; 13 
 Representative Casimiro 14 
Alexa Hanrahan, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 15 
achievement of being named All State Academic, to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League 16 
Girls Basketball; 17 
 Representative Casimiro 18 
Alex Watson, North Kingstown High School Girls Basketball; the outstanding athletic 19 
achievement of being named All-Rookie Team, to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls 20 
Basketball; 21 
 Representative Casimiro 22 
Michael Costa (DJ Rukiz); your hard work and commitment to the city of Providence; 23 
 Representative Sanchez 24 
DJ Hypno; your outstanding and excellent work in the city of Providence; 25 
 Representative Sanchez 26 
Evylegna Rodriguez and Associates; your commitment and outstanding work on 27 
"Mujeres que dejan huellas esposas"; 28 
 Representative Sanchez 29 
Maxenita; celebrating the Grand Opening in the Silver Lake Community; 30 
 Representative Sanchez 31 
Dan Ryan; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 80
th
 Birthday; 32 
 Speaker Shekarchi 33 
Andrew Ciarniello, North Kingstown High School; the distinction and prestigious honor 34   
 
 
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of receiving the National Football Foundation's "2023 Golden Dozen Award" for your 1 
outstanding achievements on the gridiron and in the classroom; 2 
 Representative Casimiro 3 
Saje Kitchen; your outstanding and excellent service in Contemporary American 4 
Southern Food and thank you for your commitment and dedication to fine dining in the city of 5 
Providence; 6 
 Representative Sanchez 7 
Irma Letendre; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 100
th
 Birthday; 8 
 Representative Donovan 9 
Grace Bolduc; your 33 years of outstanding and dedicated service as a Physical Therapy 10 
Assistant at the Chief Judge Robert F. Arrigan Rehabilitation Center; 11 
 Representative Donovan 12 
LFE the Label; your great work and engagement in the music industry in the State of 13 
Rhode Island; 14 
 Representative Sanchez 15 
Andy Andujar; your outstanding service and dedication to the city of Providence and the 16 
State of Rhode Island; 17 
 Representative Sanchez 18 
Diversity Counseling; your commitment and great work in the mental health field and 19 
helping the people of the State of Rhode Island and the city of Providence with support and 20 
resources. Thank you; 21 
 Representative Sanchez 22 
Zach Archambault, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining 23 
the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 24 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 25 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 26 
Nick Cichon, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining the 27 
rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 28 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 29 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 30 
Jacob Girard, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining the 31 
rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 32 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 33 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 34   
 
 
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Ethan Glatz, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining the 1 
rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 2 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 3 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 4 
Aiden Luddy, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining the 5 
rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 6 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 7 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 8 
Kyle Vargas, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining the 9 
rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 10 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 11 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 12 
Dominic Whitten, Boy Scout Troop 1, Greenville; the distinction and honor of attaining 13 
the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 14 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 15 
 Representatives Costantino and Rea 16 
Ethan Kenneth Aguiar, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 17 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 18 
 Representative Edwards 19 
Connor John Nobrega, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 20 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 21 
 Representative Edwards 22 
Charles Greer Page, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 23 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 24 
 Representative Edwards 25 
Lexey Kate LaBonte, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 26 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 27 
 Representative Edwards 28 
Benjamin Russell Sowa, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 29 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 30 
 Representative Edwards 31 
Joshua Grant Wood, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 32 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 33 
 Representative Edwards 34   
 
 
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Madison Raye Mello, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 1 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 2 
 Representative Edwards 3 
Cassie Frances Taber, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 4 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 5 
 Representative Edwards 6 
Samantha Marie Bettencourt, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding 7 
academic achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 8 
 Representative Edwards 9 
Mackenzie Oliveira, Tiverton High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 10 
achievement of being named a Tiverton High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 11 
 Representative Edwards 12 
Tali 401, your outstanding service and great work for the city of Providence and the State 13 
of Rhode Island; 14 
 Representative Sanchez 15 
DJ TySlime; your commitment in keeping the nightlife safe and fun in the city of 16 
Providence;  17 
 Representative Sanchez 18 
William "Grizz" Griswold, American Legion Post 85 and Amvets Post 33; the 19 
distinguished honor of being named United Veterans Council of Woonsocket "2023 Veteran of 20 
the Year"; 21 
 Representatives Phillips, Casey and Brien 22 
Anna Deschamps, Elks Lodge 850; the distinguished honor of being named United 23 
Veterans Council of Woonsocket "2023 Patriot of the Year"; 24 
 Representatives Phillips, Casey and Brien 25 
Tito Jordan (DJ TLOVE); your outstanding and great work in the entertainment industry 26 
in the city of Providence; 27 
 Representative Sanchez 28 
Booo Gotti; your commitment and hard work in the music industry in the city of 29 
Providence; 30 
 Representative Sanchez 31 
Legacy Lounge; your commitment and great service in the city of Providence; 32 
 Representative Sanchez 33 
Carol Aguasvivas; your dedication and hard work for the city of Providence; 34   
 
 
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 Representative Sanchez 1 
Officer Brittany Carpenter, Westerly Police Department; the distinguished honor of 2 
receiving the "Life Saving Medal" for quick response and outstanding effort in providing life 3 
saving medical assistance to an unresponsive patient on Kent Avenue; 4 
 Representatives Azzinaro, Kennedy and Spears 5 
Officer David Fernandes, Westerly Police Department; the distinguished honor of 6 
receiving the "Life Saving Medal" for quick response and outstanding effort in providing life 7 
saving medical assistance to an unresponsive patient on Kent Avenue; 8 
 Representatives Azzinaro, Kennedy and Spears 9 
Officer Cory Torres, Westerly Police Department; the distinguished honor of receiving 10 
the "Life Saving Medal" for quick response and outstanding effort in providing life saving 11 
medical assistance to an unresponsive patient on Kent Avenue; 12 
 Representatives Azzinaro, Kennedy and Spears 13 
Abigail Cunha, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 14 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 15 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 16 
 Representative Newberry 17 
Grace LaPlante, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 18 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 19 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 20 
 Representative Newberry 21 
Annie Paiva, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 22 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 23 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 24 
 Representative Newberry 25 
Madison Costello, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 26 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 27 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 28 
 Representative Newberry 29 
Zoey Garnett, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 30 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 31 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 32 
 Representative Newberry 33 
Hunter Kennell, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 34   
 
 
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outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 1 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 2 
 Representative Newberry 3 
Madelyn Daigneault, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 4 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 5 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 6 
 Representative Newberry 7 
Trista Harris, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 8 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 9 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 10 
 Representative Newberry 11 
Madison McGourty, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 12 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 13 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 14 
 Representative Newberry 15 
Catherine McNeill, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 16 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 17 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 18 
 Representative Newberry 19 
Coach Valerie Orellana, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; 20 
Coaching the North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team to the Rhode Island 21 
Interscholastic League Competitive Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 22 
 Representative Newberry 23 
Lola Mendes, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 24 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 25 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 26 
 Representative Casey 27 
Makenzy Davis, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 28 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 29 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 30 
 Representative Casey 31 
Donna McGinn, Director, Rhode Island Association of State-Wide MLS & Member 32 
Services; your retirement after more than 50 years of dedicated and faithful service and your 33 
commitment and dedication to support your members in conducting their real estate business 34   
 
 
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ethically and competently; 1 
 Representative Bennett 2 
Coach Alicia Heon, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; 3 
Coaching the North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team to the Rhode Island 4 
Interscholastic League Competitive Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 5 
 Representative Shallcross Smith 6 
Emily Macedo, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 7 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 8 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 9 
 Representative Phillips 10 
Julia Almeida, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 11 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 12 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 13 
 Representative Brien 14 
Jazel Hughes, North Smithfield High School Competitive Cheerleading Team; the 15 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Competitive 16 
Cheerleading 2023 Division IV State Championship; 17 
 Representative Brien 18 
Jumella Thorton, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 19 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 20 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 21 
 Representative Giraldo 22 
Joana Rodrigues Andrade, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the 23 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League 24 
Division IV State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 25 
 Representative Giraldo 26 
Neyi Fernandez, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 27 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 28 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 29 
 Representative Giraldo 30 
Maribel Veiga, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 31 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 32 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 33 
 Representative Giraldo 34   
 
 
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Ariana Ruiz Lopez, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 1 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 2 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 3 
 Representative Giraldo 4 
Pamela Galva, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 5 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 6 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 7 
 Representative Giraldo 8 
Jayda Palin Argueta, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 9 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 10 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 11 
 Representative Giraldo 12 
Lamiyah Williams, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 13 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 14 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 15 
 Representative Giraldo 16 
Alexsya Torres, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 17 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 18 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 19 
 Representative Giraldo 20 
Nathayah Andrade, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 21 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 22 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 23 
 Representative Giraldo 24 
Melanie Coll, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding athletic 25 
achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV State 26 
Championship "Undefeated Season"; 27 
 Representative Giraldo 28 
Kamila Pizarro Pinto, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 29 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 30 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 31 
 Representative Giraldo 32 
Raissa Cardosa De Graca, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the 33 
outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League 34   
 
 
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Division IV State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 1 
 Representative Giraldo 2 
Jaeda Simmons, Central Falls High School Girls Varsity Basketball; the outstanding 3 
athletic achievement of winning the 2022-2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IV 4 
State Championship "Undefeated Season"; 5 
 Representative Giraldo 6 
Mrs. Marie-Claude Francoeur, Quebec Delegate to New England; congratulations for 7 
keeping the French-Speaking Language and Culture Vibrant and for your participation in the 8 
Francophone Flag-Raising Ceremony; 9 
 Representatives Casey, Phillips and Brien 10 
Mustafa Soykurt, Consul General of France; congratulations for keeping the French-11 
Speaking Language and Culture Vibrant and for your participation in the Francophone Flag-12 
Raising Ceremony; 13 
 Representatives Casey, Phillips and Brien 14 
Marc-Antoine Dumas, Canadian Consul, Head of Public Affairs, Political and Economic 15 
Relations; congratulations for keeping the French-Speaking Language and Culture Vibrant and 16 
for your participation in the Francophone Flag-Raising Ceremony; 17 
 Representatives Casey, Phillips and Brien 18 
Antoine Jonquais, President of the Alliance Française of Providence, League of 19 
Francophone and Francophile Organizations of RI; congratulations for keeping the French-20 
Speaking Language and Culture Vibrant and for your participation in the Francophone Flag-21 
Raising Ceremony; 22 
 Representatives Casey, Phillips and Brien 23 
Mr. Michael Hebert, President of the AATF of RI; congratulations for keeping the 24 
French-Speaking Language and Culture Vibrant and for your participation in the Francophone 25 
Flag-Raising Ceremony; 26 
 Representatives Casey, Phillips and Brien 27 
Anne D. Conway, Director, Museum of Work and Culture; congratulations for keeping 28 
the French-Speaking Language and Culture Vibrant and for your participation in the Francophone 29 
Flag-Raising Ceremony; 30 
 Representatives Casey, Phillips and Brien 31 
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 32 
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 33 
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 34   
 
 
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continued good fortune; and be it further  1 
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 2 
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid.  3 
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