---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows Gretchen Bell to join Amber Ilcisko and Timothy Brownell in marriage on September 13, 2024, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3048"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3048 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-03"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bff1e45e-c3d6-417a-ad8c-2cb8ae1bcd43"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "79505e5a86ec17659e911093a36864e7cb4be110f0e5002c5d764bcea3e394e0"
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 3048 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows Gretchen Bell to join Amber Ilcisko and Timothy Brownell in marriage on September 13, 2024, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **3048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3048.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 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/bff1e45e-c3d6-417a-ad8c-2cb8ae1bcd43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).