---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Camille Vella-Wilkinson to join Mishiunnukquom Garcia and Launcelot A. Gumbs, III, in marriage on or about February 14, 2019, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Camille Vella-Wilkinson to join Mishiunnukquom Garcia and Launcelot A. Gumbs, III, in marriage on or about February 14, 2019, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5349"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5349 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara", "Shanley", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ecc34de-f5d2-4a13-a106-780aa546d549"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "eb0a04ba0ac33239e875a37cebcb741d08071314e493a580a41a5db35f0a92f9"
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 5349 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Camille Vella-Wilkinson to join Mishiunnukquom Garcia and Launcelot A. Gumbs, III, in marriage on or about February 14, 2019, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5349.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 1 19-H 5349 — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 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/4ecc34de-f5d2-4a13-a106-780aa546d549`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).