---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Collin Berglund to join Julia Dearden and Thomas Kerr-Vanderslice in marriage on or about August 30, 2019, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Collin Berglund to join Julia Dearden and Thomas Kerr-Vanderslice in marriage on or about August 30, 2019, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6229"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6229 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-19"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c052393e-a52e-48bd-b89d-d73453712e90"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "41eae18cb3e4150898f8108e5d58e82d9ecea39f72004d2d2abca2b3bee18c36"
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 6229 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Collin Berglund to join Julia Dearden and Thomas Kerr-Vanderslice in marriage on or about August 30, 2019, within the Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6229.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Handy — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 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/c052393e-a52e-48bd-b89d-d73453712e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).