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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

HONORING REPRESENTATIVE GREGG M. AMORE FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Henries, McGaw,
Alzate, Felix, Potter, Ackerman, and Casimiro

     Date Introduced: June 23, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this House bids farewell to our good friend and

colleague, the Honorable Gregg Amore, who is retiring from the Rhode Island House of

Representatives, District 65, after a decade of devoted public service to his East Providence

constituents and the citizens of the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Upon graduation from East Providence High School, Representative Amore

attended Providence College, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in history and New England

College where he earned a Master’s degree in public policy. He is currently the Athletic Director

for the East Providence School Department where he previously taught for many years. He and

his wife, Lee and their two daughters, Tess and Megan, make their home in the City of East

Providence; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Amore was first elected to the House of Representatives in

November of 2012. Earning the trust and respect of his constituency, he has been re-elected five

times and currently serves as a Deputy Majority Leader, Chair of the House Finance

Subcommittee on Education, second Vice Chair of the House Committee on Education, and is a

member of the House Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Innovation, Internet

and Technology; and

     WHEREAS, During his tenure in the House, Representative Amore has advocated for

and sponsored legislation on a panoply of issues including, a bill which makes Advanced

Placement courses and tests more accessible to a greater number of students, legislation requiring

students to demonstrate proficiency in civics education before high school graduation, a bill that

excludes chronic intractable pain from medication prescribing guideline, and played a key role in

the passage of historic school construction bond assistance; and

     WHEREAS, Dedicated to his community, Representative Amore sponsored legislation

adding East Providence to the Blackstone Valley tourism district and a resolution urging the East

Providence City Council to save the historic Metacomet Country Club in East Providence from

development. He is a past member of the Board of Directors for the East Providence Education

Association and is a current board member of the Friends of Townie Athletics, a member of the

Rhode Island Historical Society and the East Providence High School Hall of Fame Committee,

and serves on the Board of Directors for the East Providence Mohawks Youth Organization and

serves on the East Providence Democratic City Committee; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Amore has earned numerous honors throughout his years in

public service. He was honored with the 2021 Paul Crowley Award for his commitment to public

education, and was recognized as the Rhode Island History Teacher of the Year by the Daughters

of the American Revolution; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, for many years, Representative Amore coached at both the high

school and collegiate levels in hockey and baseball, including as an assistant baseball coach at

Providence College and as the head baseball coach at the Naval Academy Prep School Newport,

La Salle Academy, and East Providence High School, and was presented with the 2019 Frank

Murgo Award for his educational efforts and dedicated service to athletes and athletic trainers;

and

     WHEREAS, Representative Amore serves as a model of dedicated and conscientious

civic service, and has earned the respect and the gratitude of the citizens in his community and the

people of this State for making Rhode Island a better place to live and grow; now, therefore be it

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

honors Representative Gregg M. Amore for his service to the people of this State and wishes him

continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Gregg Amore.

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