---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kathleen Coyne-McCoy to join Emily Ann Caron and Cullen Adare McCoy in marriage on or about September 10, 2022, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kathleen Coyne-McCoy to join Emily Ann Caron and Cullen Adare McCoy in marriage on or about September 10, 2022, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7212"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7212 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75fa392c-897c-4ae9-9152-6cb0de302c72"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c56859b90341f52c20d1acff4ab836aee1de33851f7f681d21deafd78e41a488"
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 7212 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Kathleen Coyne-McCoy to join Emily Ann Caron and Cullen Adare McCoy in marriage on or about September 10, 2022, within the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7212.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** 01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** 02/25/2022 Placed on House Calendar (03/01/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (03/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** 03/28/2022 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/75fa392c-897c-4ae9-9152-6cb0de302c72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).