---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Marvin L. Abney to join Kerry-Ann Edmondson and Paris McGee in marriage on or about June 25, 2022, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Marvin L. Abney to join Kerry-Ann Edmondson and Paris McGee in marriage on or about June 25, 2022, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8308"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8308 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-06-01"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e7bcafc-f271-4af3-893b-c9890649ea15"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a4f99322495a283049856978bb389a525329fc1590541e44ac15154f03c5130a"
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 8308 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Marvin L. Abney to join Kerry-Ann Edmondson and Paris McGee in marriage on or about June 25, 2022, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8308.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/8e7bcafc-f271-4af3-893b-c9890649ea15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).