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legislation/us/states/ri/2026/sb-3294.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
+description: "Allows Joseph Couto to join Brandon Kemmy and Jacqueline Manousos in Marriage on or about August 2, 2026, within the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3294"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3294 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Lauria", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-05-15"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c9fcc95-a073-41c1-89a8-b11acd301c0a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3ab5e070f14341ef891b4ad1aa1016041f40465148eea9556bb2cca3e1b11b01"
+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 3294 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
+
+Allows Joseph Couto to join Brandon Kemmy and Jacqueline Manousos in Marriage on or about August 2, 2026, within the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3294.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)
+- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/6c9fcc95-a073-41c1-89a8-b11acd301c0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+