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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows John V. Snellings to join Abigail Snellings and Allison Pagliaro in marriage on or about October 12, 2018, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows John V. Snellings to join Abigail Snellings and Allison Pagliaro in marriage on or about October 12, 2018, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2981"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2981 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-06-19"
+last_action: "2018-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a38b52d-16a0-436b-bd37-fa2614cef3b4"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c9f393d85fe6e6655f680f514c9adba0a807207c6d9c8ce079bbf648f07a46ba"
+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 2981 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows John V. Snellings to join Abigail Snellings and Allison Pagliaro in marriage on or about October 12, 2018, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2981.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/7a38b52d-16a0-436b-bd37-fa2614cef3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+