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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Linda Fischer to join Breann Bouley and Brittany Dalpe in marriage on or about August 28, 2021, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Linda Fischer to join Breann Bouley and Brittany Dalpe in marriage on or about August 28, 2021, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 890"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 890 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-05-07"
+last_action: "2021-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78e997d-f900-49be-a98b-39b3d696e6ae"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "087bd74e2800e50039e3afc9eb27fb838cfd12d755077c885e35696f832e97c0"
+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 890 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Linda Fischer to join Breann Bouley and Brittany Dalpe in marriage on or about August 28, 2021, within the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **890** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0890.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2021)
+- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/25/2021)
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2021)
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2021)
+- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 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/d78e997d-f900-49be-a98b-39b3d696e6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+