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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

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

THANKING REPRESENTATIVE ANASTASIA P. WILLIAMS FOR HER THIRTY YEARS

OF DEVOTED AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Ajello, Vella-Wilkinson, Perez,
C Lima, Chippendale, O'Brien, Serpa, and Slater

     Date Introduced: January 11, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, To the good fortune of the residents of Rhode Island House District 9,

Representative Anastasia Williams was elected to represent them in 1992. Throughout her

meritorious public service career, she has been a passionate advocate on behalf of those that have

not always shared in the bounty of American life and have been deprived of the rights accorded to

others; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Williams has served as the House Labor Committee Chair

and most recently served as a member of the House Municipal Government and Housing

Committee, House Oversight Committee, House Rules Committee and the Rhode Black Island &

Latino Caucus, and has been a leading voice on key issue of importance to the residents of her

District and the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Among her many accomplishments, Representative Williams was the prime

sponsor of legislation allowing Rhode Islanders to vote to remove the word "plantations" from

Rhode Island's name. In 2019, she was the prime sponsor of legislation that codified the privacy

and reproductive freedom rights in Rhode Island state laws; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Williams also successfully sponsored legislation that

exempts natural hair braiders from the requirement to be licensed as hairdressers and

cosmeticians, and provides that any minority business enterprise certified by the Federal Small

Business Act will be deemed certified by the Department of Administration as a minority

business enterprise; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Williams currently serves as a coordinator of First Source

Providence. She has tirelessly supported numerous charitable and civic organizations including

the United Way, Joslyn and Hartford Community Centers, the West Broadway Neighborhood

Association, Providence Community Action, Providence Head Start and the Olneyville Housing

Corporation; and

     WHEREAS, Representative Williams is a graduate of Bishop Keough Regional High

School and attended Roger Williams University. She is the devoted mother of Lisa, Dionne,

Jonathan, Eddy, and Hev'n; now, therefore be it

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

thanks Representative Anastasia Williams for her thirty years of devoted and distinguished

service as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. We furthermore wish her

continued success in all her 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 Anastasis P. Williams.

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