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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Matthew Cohen to join Jenilee Wirtz and Chad Porterfield in marriage on or about June 28, 2020, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Matthew Cohen to join Jenilee Wirtz and Chad Porterfield in marriage on or about June 28, 2020, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2896"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2896 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-17"
+last_action: "2020-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3f533a-5a06-4f35-8ee7-41da0877b7db"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "34d80c1f7d9b27909a78747cae674adc08b251ceeb0d789d35b95b61ebf8c827"
+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 2896 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Matthew Cohen to join Jenilee Wirtz and Chad Porterfield in marriage on or about June 28, 2020, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2896.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Euer — 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`
+- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/7d3f533a-5a06-4f35-8ee7-41da0877b7db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+