Senator Frank S. Lombardi
Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Judiciary
Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Labor
Frank S. Lombardi is a Democrat representing District 26 (Cranston) in
the Rhode Island Senate.
First elected to the Senate in 2012, he has
advanced legislation to protect children and workers, support families and
small businesses, and promote government reform and transparency.
He
has sponsored legislation, since signed into law, barring third-party
delivery services from listing a business without that business's consent;
prohibiting employers from making deductions from an employee's wages
without written authorization from the worker; requiring court-appointed
special advocate volunteers for abused children pass background checks;
ensuring an adult trained in recognizing concussion symptoms is present
during all youth sports events; adding dyslexia screening as a required
portion of elementary literacy programs; and barring the sale of puppies
that are not fully weaned.
He has introduced legislation to allow
families to visit relatives in nursing homes during emergencies and permit
homeowners to build accessory dwellings for family members. He has also
sponsored 38 Studios transparency legislation and called for a joint
legislative commission to study line-item veto authority and runoff
elections for governor when no candidate receives a majority vote.
A
longtime youth soccer official, Sen. Lombardi has been inducted into the
Rhode Island Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The organization also
named its Referee of the Year award – which he had won eight times – in his
honor.
Sen. Lombardi was born on July 11, 1962. He and his wife,
Antonelia, have twin daughters, Cassandra and Christina.
He earned his
B.A. in business from Providence College and a J.D. from the Northeastern
University School of Law. He is also a graduate of Classical High School in
Providence.
An attorney and owner of Frank S. Lombardi Law Associates
at 370 Atwood Ave. in Cranston, he has practiced law for nearly three
decades. He also served as a Probate Clerk/Judge for the City of Providence
from 1994-2004.
Sen. Lombardi is a parishioner of the Holy Apostles
Church; a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association and the Rhode Island
Association for Justice; President of the Rhode Island Soccer Officials
Association; a former member of the Board of Directors for the Justinian Law
Society; former Vice President of the Probate Judges Association; a former
member of the Board of Trustees for Saint Mary's Academy Bay View; and a
former Board Member for Saint Rocco's School.