---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Lorna M. Simpson and John V. Kelly in marriage on or about August 21, 2021, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Lorna M. Simpson and John V. Kelly in marriage on or about August 21, 2021, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5483"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5483 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/454ab18b-c773-498e-9d32-df3c1c2c45d0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6c5f57f36c7412712d8e9cfca38981c03c90701fcc6940947cb40bf0fb61c834"
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 5483 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Scott Avedisian to join Lorna M. Simpson and John V. Kelly in marriage on or about August 21, 2021, within the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5483.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/22/2021)
- **2021-02-22** 02/22/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** 02/22/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (02/25/2021)
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** 03/09/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** 04/19/2021 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/454ab18b-c773-498e-9d32-df3c1c2c45d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).