---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Ronald C. Markoff to join Allegra Louise Schraff and Travis Ian Sherman in marriage on or about October 6, 2018, within the city of Providence, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Ronald C. Markoff to join Allegra Louise Schraff and Travis Ian Sherman in marriage on or about October 6, 2018, within the city of Providence, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8305"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8305 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-08"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a211c793-edf0-4a39-9f19-d8e8868d4af8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bf51abfa0c9f5a2fbb8150eb76d6d8fcc3ee8dd92b1ba29144c2ba12797dc141"
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 8305 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Ronald C. Markoff to join Allegra Louise Schraff and Travis Ian Sherman in marriage on or about October 6, 2018, within the city of Providence, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8305.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/a211c793-edf0-4a39-9f19-d8e8868d4af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).