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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
+description: "Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7165"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7165 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 4
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-20"
+last_action: "2026-01-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51e7b79b-ee6b-4676-96ae-448540b7f3a4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f653a73feefc14140f245398f163e30f17b568deba4875949cb3baaae0b3b463"
+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 7165 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
+
+Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7165.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ITEM 1 26-H 7165 — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-01-22** 01/22/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-01-22** 01/22/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 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/51e7b79b-ee6b-4676-96ae-448540b7f3a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+