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legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5035.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
+description: "Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5035"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5035 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kazarian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc2e6dc-1b9f-41e0-b197-56c9b630ae34"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "37c989d003d4cbace65313aaad2da7a78848515adc09f432cedf586041072e79"
+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 5035 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
+
+Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5035.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/11/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/04/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 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/4cc2e6dc-1b9f-41e0-b197-56c9b630ae34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+