---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kimberley Gaffett to join Abigail Hopkins Stamler and Christopher George Fitzgerald in marriage on or about June 29, 2021, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kimberley Gaffett to join Abigail Hopkins Stamler and Christopher George Fitzgerald in marriage on or about June 29, 2021, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 935"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 935 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-27"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c05093b5-1bb8-4fe7-9f6c-de18d8eb8c9e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "33939dc9fd56a7e6671037a5261de12b130e9a8dc86243c4712f1e270df7d947"
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 935 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kimberley Gaffett to join Abigail Hopkins Stamler and Christopher George Fitzgerald in marriage on or about June 29, 2021, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **935** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0935.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE4 — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 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/c05093b5-1bb8-4fe7-9f6c-de18d8eb8c9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).