2014 -- H 8375

========

LC005990

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING REPRESENTATIVE FRANK G. FERRI FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE

OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, DeSimone, Lima, Lally, and Edwards

     Date Introduced: June 20, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Frank Ferri is a graduate of Classical High School and

Bryant College, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1976; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 2008, Frank Ferri was elected to the Rhode Island House of

Representatives from District 22, which encompasses neighborhoods in the City of Warwick.

Over the past five and a half years, he has served his constituents and the citizens of Rhode Island

with distinction and integrity; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Ferri has served on myriad committees, most recently as a

member of the House Finance Committee, the House Small Business Committee, and Chair of

the House Commission to Study Public Higher Education Affordability. During his tenure with

the General Assembly, he has not only earned the admiration of his colleagues, but also the

gratitude of his constituents and the people of this state; and

     WHEREAS, As a tireless advocate on a panoply of issues and causes, Representative

Ferri has been an outspoken supporter of marriage equality, both before and after he took office.

He also introduced and helped to enact the Good Samaritan Overdose Protection Act, and

legislation updating the state's fire code; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Representative Ferri has supported and promoted education on a

number of fronts, including sponsoring a student Leadership Award and studying higher

education affordability options. In 2013, he was honored as an "Afterschool Champion" by a

national organization; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Ferri is married to Anthony M. Caparco and has been the

owner of Town Hall Lanes in Johnston for the past twenty-five years; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Frank Ferri has touched the lives of so many people through

his diligent efforts and with the legislation he has fought to enact. He is truly an extraordinary

man, who serves as a model of dedicated and conscientious civic service, and he is eminently

worthy of our gratitude and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby honors Representative Frank Ferri as he concludes his service in

the Rhode Island General Assembly. 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, The Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to transmit

a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Frank G. Ferri.

========

LC005990

========

LC005990 - Page 2 of 2