---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows Noah David Lloyd to join Lucia Helen Given and Noah Alexander Moroski in Marriage on or about September 27, 2026, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8602"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8602 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-29"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479b27f4-6b4c-4db4-8e45-c64a3372e9f4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1ffe0d6ce2e1268aafe75134b459127a84a7e25637bc4d222edf52fad53d79d4"
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 8602 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows Noah David Lloyd to join Lucia Helen Given and Noah Alexander Moroski in Marriage on or about September 27, 2026, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **8602** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8602.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/479b27f4-6b4c-4db4-8e45-c64a3372e9f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).