---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III, to join Sophia Irena Marya Olender and Blay William Bradley in marriage on or about June 2, 2018, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III, to join Sophia Irena Marya Olender and Blay William Bradley in marriage on or about June 2, 2018, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8237"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8237 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-24"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46fe4689-6e51-4eb6-8b9d-764874f57795"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e5139f7b947c991d3a913df167baf844238a4e1481ae41b89763a769def399fa"
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 8237 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Robert E.P. Elmer, III, to join Sophia Irena Marya Olender and Blay William Bradley in marriage on or about June 2, 2018, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8237.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 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/46fe4689-6e51-4eb6-8b9d-764874f57795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).