---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows Meghan Elizabeth McEntee to join Taylor Lauren Criscuolo and Michael Joseph McEntee Jr., in marriage on or about September 25, 2026, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8627"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8627 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "Dawson", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-06-10"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf7075a-336b-4670-9a73-96d8418a8b03"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eca3d18c499023d4ae9d3fe0f9ea41011deece0f902c1a16640062ef44aeea65"
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 8627 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows Meghan Elizabeth McEntee to join Taylor Lauren Criscuolo and Michael Joseph McEntee Jr., in marriage on or about September 25, 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. **8627** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8627.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 1 26-H 8627 — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbf7075a-336b-4670-9a73-96d8418a8b03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).