---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Benjamin Wilcox to join Emily Elizabeth Ward and Sean David McFarland in marriage on or about October 31, 2020, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Benjamin Wilcox to join Emily Elizabeth Ward and Sean David McFarland in marriage on or about October 31, 2020, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8104"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8104 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shekarchi", "Ucci"]
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/fdd05d51-2401-4dc7-a66d-358c9797d3f7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "52bbb3b6dc5d0eb48f9bb4ee7959109a15ea29ae7d735398b1d3e3925a4d58ea"
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 8104 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Benjamin Wilcox to join Emily Elizabeth Ward and Sean David McFarland in marriage on or about October 31, 2020, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8104.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Ucci — 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/fdd05d51-2401-4dc7-a66d-358c9797d3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).