---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7165"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7165 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Chippendale", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-01-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51e7b79b-ee6b-4676-96ae-448540b7f3a4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f653a73feefc14140f245398f163e30f17b568deba4875949cb3baaae0b3b463"
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 7165 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **7165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7165.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 1 26-H 7165 — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-01-22** 01/22/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-01-22** 01/22/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 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/51e7b79b-ee6b-4676-96ae-448540b7f3a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).