---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows William F. Dougherty, Esq., to join Ashley A. Morris and Andrew P. Flaherty in marriage on or about August 23, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows William F. Dougherty, Esq., to join Ashley A. Morris and Andrew P. Flaherty in marriage on or about August 23, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6230"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6230 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee"]
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/381281fd-924b-47fd-8f85-74568dade92c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "caf6cb37d7cf770518407d5a1ba59be50e4c08744e4032f1fe8489fcdbce0f43"
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 6230 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows William F. Dougherty, Esq., to join Ashley A. Morris and Andrew P. Flaherty in marriage on or about August 23, 2019, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6230.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntee — 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/381281fd-924b-47fd-8f85-74568dade92c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).