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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Anthony C. Borghi to join Kerrie A. Driscoll and Christopher Anderson in marriage on or about April 7, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Anthony C. Borghi to join Kerrie A. Driscoll and Christopher Anderson in marriage on or about April 7, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7959"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7959 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Newberry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-03-15"
+last_action: "2018-04-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3b74f1a-ece4-4dee-a918-bb95b23fb441"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "2d84c5aa265ce5a6ccfe5976b85bff97824d939c8efcce1cea51d7a0d646a649"
+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 HB 7959 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Anthony C. Borghi to join Kerrie A. Driscoll and Christopher Anderson in marriage on or about April 7, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7959.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
+- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3b74f1a-ece4-4dee-a918-bb95b23fb441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+