---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Mary Ann Shallcross Smith to join Megan T. Amaral and Mitchell L. Shallcross in marriage on or about June 21, 2021, within the Town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Mary Ann Shallcross Smith to join Megan T. Amaral and Mitchell L. Shallcross in marriage on or about June 21, 2021, within the Town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6385"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6385 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Blazejewski", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ada6d9-50dc-4336-bcae-9092af27e139"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "89bd0ca5abbf12f1c151c590ff210388f77bcd20147d81c00a10e5f7e84f0e66"
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 6385 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Mary Ann Shallcross Smith to join Megan T. Amaral and Mitchell L. Shallcross in marriage on or about June 21, 2021, within the Town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6385.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 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/e0ada6d9-50dc-4336-bcae-9092af27e139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).