---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Maryella Gainor to join Kaitlin Vann and Robert Gainor in marriage on or about August 29, 2021, within the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Maryella Gainor to join Kaitlin Vann and Robert Gainor in marriage on or about August 29, 2021, within the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6479"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6479 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Filippi", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-29"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ff82c3b-69f2-4124-bea8-c0a40d6abd81"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "aecb21ad2cb23376484563279af3eaf66c354d147d6cf6656843cd7d5006ef6a"
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 6479 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Maryella Gainor to join Kaitlin Vann and Robert Gainor in marriage on or about August 29, 2021, within the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6479.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 07/10/2021 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/7ff82c3b-69f2-4124-bea8-c0a40d6abd81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).