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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Brett Peter Smiley to join Nicole Marie Derr and Brendan James Baker in marriage on or about July 19, 2020, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Brett Peter Smiley to join Nicole Marie Derr and Brendan James Baker in marriage on or about July 19, 2020, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2894"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2894 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-17"
+last_action: "2020-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9cc7df2-d413-4896-be30-b1ddf30f6c40"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9cb29d5937552094834a1db01f8f3accb27d958f239814a418562031f22ce46e"
+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 2894 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Brett Peter Smiley to join Nicole Marie Derr and Brendan James Baker in marriage on or about July 19, 2020, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2894.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-24** 06/24/2020 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/a9cc7df2-d413-4896-be30-b1ddf30f6c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+