---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 14 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Domestic Relations", "Marriage", "State Departments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaffrey", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab0ee54-dd3f-4a03-88d4-84fd8b25af26"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "afbbda9eb81defa962380f2c23184f88f562b1a33abf50ab28fc3f09f4002713"
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 SB 14 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows governor to designate any person, upon application, 18 years old or older to solemnize marriages within this state on a particular day upon payment of a $25 fee to the secretary of state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **14 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0014B.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- - SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** 01/12/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/28/2021)
- **2021-01-28** 01/28/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2021)
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** 02/16/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/23/2021)
- **2021-02-23** 02/23/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** 05/31/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 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/3ab0ee54-dd3f-4a03-88d4-84fd8b25af26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).