---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Jonathan Silva to join Angela Elena Silva and John McVey Tully in marriage on or about September 18, 2020, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Jonathan Silva to join Angela Elena Silva and John McVey Tully in marriage on or about September 18, 2020, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8103"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8103 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-07-16"
last_action: "2020-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d64c2e6-8ea3-4842-bee9-d9b2dcbdef32"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "252881c6690751a3cd61113c85dd130ac89b08eaee30c09c72c74798a981407f"
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 8103 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Jonathan Silva to join Angela Elena Silva and John McVey Tully in marriage on or about September 18, 2020, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8103.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-25** 07/25/2020 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/4d64c2e6-8ea3-4842-bee9-d9b2dcbdef32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).