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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING OUR ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE AND GOOD FRIEND, THE

HONORABLE BRIAN PATRICK KENNEDY ON BEING ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES (NCSL)

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Edwards, Ruggiero,
Carson, Newberry, Filippi, Knight, and Messier

     Date Introduced: January 06, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) was founded in 1975

as a bipartisan organization, with the mission to "advance the effectiveness, independence and

integrity of legislatures and to foster interstate cooperation and facilitate the exchange of

information among legislatures." The organization currently serves the nation's 7,383 state

lawmakers and more than 20,000 legislative staff throughout the country; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 2021, at the annual Legislative Summit of the NCSL held

in Tampa, Florida, Rhode Island Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy was elected Vice

President of the NCSL, marking "the first time in history that a Rhode Island legislator has risen

so high within the ranks of the NCSL"; and

     WHEREAS, In November of 1988, the Honorable Brian Kennedy was first elected to the

Rhode Island House of Representatives and has diligently served his constituency in District 38

for the past 33 years. Highly respected by his colleagues, he served as Chair of the House

Corporations Committee for twenty years and most recently serves as the Speaker Pro Tempore.

Throughout his time with the General Assembly, he has been an ardent supporter of legislation

aimed at business and consumer protections as well as elderly protection laws; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Kennedy has also been an active member of NCSL for many

years, serving on numerous NCSL committees including the Executive Committee,

Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee, and most recently

serving as co-chair of the NCSL Executive Task Force on Insurance; and

     WHEREAS, Speaker Pro Tempore Kennedy will serve one year as Vice President,

ascend to President-elect the following year, and then become President at the Legislative

Summit in 2024; now, therefore be it

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

congratulates the Honorable Brian Patrick Kennedy on being elected Vice President of the

National Conference of State Legislatures and wishes him much success as he takes on the

responsibilities of this national leadership role; and

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Rhode Island Speaker Pro Tempore Brian

Patrick Kennedy.

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