---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Jennifer Elizabeth Sayles and Mary-Margaret Velan in marriage on or about February 15, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Jennifer Elizabeth Sayles and Mary-Margaret Velan in marriage on or about February 15, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 66 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ade4d63-35f8-4c61-baeb-74631b4b4bb8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9b4a633b24177fa3451a1f4db9e9dade263f210bb60672c5fc1f801c90d38094"
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 66 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Jennifer Elizabeth Sayles and Mary-Margaret Velan in marriage on or about February 15, 2017, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0066.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-01-20** 01/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/24/2017)
- **2017-01-24** 01/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-24** 01/24/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (01/25/2017)
- **2017-01-25** 01/25/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-01-26** 01/26/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2017)
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (02/02/2017)
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 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/2ade4d63-35f8-4c61-baeb-74631b4b4bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).