---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows George J. Lough, III, Esq., to join Katherine Veronica Pahl-Silva and Michael Paul Yanczewski in marriage on or about September 14, 2018, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows George J. Lough, III, Esq., to join Katherine Veronica Pahl-Silva and Michael Paul Yanczewski in marriage on or about September 14, 2018, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8262"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8262 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4517bdf-16d0-4251-afb8-49e3cc71825a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "405bc57be44e59be8c798a1394c58a8264018b33b57da3c23bed3e1773210810"
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 8262 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows George J. Lough, III, Esq., to join Katherine Veronica Pahl-Silva and Michael Paul Yanczewski in marriage on or about September 14, 2018, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8262.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4517bdf-16d0-4251-afb8-49e3cc71825a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).