---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Alison S. Carcieri-Cassidy to join Nicole Elaine Russo and Sean Dominic Carlino in marriage on or about August 17, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Alison S. Carcieri-Cassidy to join Nicole Elaine Russo and Sean Dominic Carlino in marriage on or about August 17, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6037"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6037 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-26"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661cbe98-e79c-4e37-90de-d3766e8b5418"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f7e56772dd57e34d47aeaf02a48e2433e9d9794871fbcc90d02b6a9990bc23d8"
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 6037 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Alison S. Carcieri-Cassidy to join Nicole Elaine Russo and Sean Dominic Carlino in marriage on or about August 17, 2019, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6037.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2019)
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2019)
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 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/661cbe98-e79c-4e37-90de-d3766e8b5418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).