---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Gregory A. Mancini, Esq., to join Semra Beric and James Silvia-Chandley in marriage on or about October 22, 2023, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Gregory A. Mancini, Esq., to join Semra Beric and James Silvia-Chandley in marriage on or about October 22, 2023, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 805"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 805 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80655ee-aacc-4985-aecd-0e6adc3e6c20"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ac92c53f567a005fc4f0b6cfcc5447dec36f26173f61cb49cdf3851f36d49b32"
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 SB 805 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Gregory A. Mancini, Esq., to join Semra Beric and James Silvia-Chandley in marriage on or about October 22, 2023, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0805.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/04/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 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/e80655ee-aacc-4985-aecd-0e6adc3e6c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).