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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Jennifer Elizabeth Sayles and Mary-Margaret Velan in marriage on or about February 15, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Jennifer Elizabeth Sayles and Mary-Margaret Velan in marriage on or about February 15, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 66"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 66 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-18"
+last_action: "2017-02-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ade4d63-35f8-4c61-baeb-74631b4b4bb8"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9b4a633b24177fa3451a1f4db9e9dade263f210bb60672c5fc1f801c90d38094"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 66 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Jennifer Elizabeth Sayles and Mary-Margaret Velan in marriage on or about February 15, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0066.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–5** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-01-20** 01/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/24/2017)
+- **2017-01-24** 01/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-24** 01/24/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (01/25/2017)
+- **2017-01-25** 01/25/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2017)
+- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (02/02/2017)
+- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ade4d63-35f8-4c61-baeb-74631b4b4bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+