---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5035"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5035 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc2e6dc-1b9f-41e0-b197-56c9b630ae34"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "37c989d003d4cbace65313aaad2da7a78848515adc09f432cedf586041072e79"
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 5035 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows Ryan Kenny and Brenna Sorkin to join Simran Bhajan Nebhnani and Louis Charles Miyara in marriage on April 26, 2025, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **5035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5035.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/11/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 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/4cc2e6dc-1b9f-41e0-b197-56c9b630ae34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).