---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Bennett Schiff to join Taylor Burns and Zachary Lafleur in marriage on or about September 21, 2019, within the Town of Burrillville, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Bennett Schiff to join Taylor Burns and Zachary Lafleur in marriage on or about September 21, 2019, within the Town of Burrillville, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6116"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6116 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-15"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d464b55-0aa9-4218-b385-5258541dc6b7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0181e9ad1d66cf3458e01d3669d531df81d42205b2587c7c7a18fccffbcd7906"
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 6116 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Bennett Schiff to join Taylor Burns and Zachary Lafleur in marriage on or about September 21, 2019, within the Town of Burrillville, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6116.pdf)

## Votes

- SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 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/0d464b55-0aa9-4218-b385-5258541dc6b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).