---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows Patrick Sean Golden to join Catherine Amani Bhattacharya and John Joseph Golden in marriage on or about May 3, 2024, within the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3002"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3002 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-04-16"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7bc2253-d42c-49a7-bdd7-4be440347bb8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a7d6ba40c10e7220e367b22c457de8f9408246f8af73f2a6925ed732ca1d9b78"
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 3002 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows Patrick Sean Golden to join Catherine Amani Bhattacharya and John Joseph Golden in marriage on or about May 3, 2024, within the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **3002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3002.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 2 24-S 3002 — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2024)
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/25/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 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/d7bc2253-d42c-49a7-bdd7-4be440347bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).