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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5302.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5302"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5302 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marriage"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Henries", "McGaw", "Morales", "Speakman", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-01"
+last_action: "2023-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff6a991-f804-4df8-bd1a-0f4d9d72bcf9"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "dfe4f5740a4c3ca9da674e111236a4260244cf35d867b57093d759046c3ffbe9"
+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 5302 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Leonela Felix to join Kayla Simone K. Rosen and Michael Zachary Mezera in marriage on or about May 20, 2023, within the City of Providence, Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5302.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
+- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/28/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-24** 04/24/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
+- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 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/8ff6a991-f804-4df8-bd1a-0f4d9d72bcf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+