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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Judge Judith Sheindlin to join Barbara Collins and Casey Barber in marriage on or about June 11, 2022, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Judge Judith Sheindlin to join Barbara Collins and Casey Barber in marriage on or about June 11, 2022, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7993"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7993 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Carson", "Filippi", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-16"
+last_action: "2022-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63312dd-ad9f-4a62-a8ea-df520e6aa79d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "51b721548ad1c250e3acc8fcedd2aea51ac4d18f7019e96d5eb56aeb9a6bed81"
+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 HB 7993 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Judge Judith Sheindlin to join Barbara Collins and Casey Barber in marriage on or about June 11, 2022, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7993.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Filippi — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-16** 03/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
+- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/26/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 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/c63312dd-ad9f-4a62-a8ea-df520e6aa79d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+