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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 14"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 14 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Domestic Relations", "Marriage", "State Departments"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab0ee54-dd3f-4a03-88d4-84fd8b25af26"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "afbbda9eb81defa962380f2c23184f88f562b1a33abf50ab28fc3f09f4002713"
+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 14 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **14 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0014B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-12** 01/12/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/28/2021)
+- **2021-01-28** 01/28/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2021)
+- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** 02/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/23/2021)
+- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-31** 05/31/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 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/3ab0ee54-dd3f-4a03-88d4-84fd8b25af26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+