---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Camille F. Vella-Wilkinson to join Michele Ann Small and Scott David Small in marriage on or about March 1, 2020, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Camille F. Vella-Wilkinson to join Michele Ann Small and Scott David Small in marriage on or about March 1, 2020, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7645"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7645 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Jackson", "McNamara", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2020-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a76153ff-ae83-4de5-b410-2a6d875298ff"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "588986abd2e9460affa870c726ce774e4a424f483e63b907e3ff971ac4b95586"
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 7645 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Camille F. Vella-Wilkinson to join Michele Ann Small and Scott David Small in marriage on or about March 1, 2020, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7645** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7645.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-27** 02/27/2020 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/a76153ff-ae83-4de5-b410-2a6d875298ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).