---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows the Halona Woodson to join the Honorable Brianna E. Henries and Jarod Radigan in marriage on August 8, 2024, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8355"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8355 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale", "Felix", "Fellela", "Hull", "Quattrocchi", "Rea", "Roberts", "Shekarchi", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-06-11"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ea619c-a1f9-4fc2-8b8a-972e413cf914"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd6e8ff078fb62485f2c988f1e27d054506f69a2a092aaa0715fc2e180aa8a66"
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 8355 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows the Halona Woodson to join the Honorable Brianna E. Henries and Jarod Radigan in marriage on August 8, 2024, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **8355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8355.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 1 24-H 8355 — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Quattrocchi — primary (person)
- Rea — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/51ea619c-a1f9-4fc2-8b8a-972e413cf914`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).