---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows the Honorable Allan W. Fung to join James Donahue and Lamont Gordon in marriage on June 23, 2024, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8298"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8298 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy", "Newberry", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-22"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85a9db60-cb1f-4f4e-923f-b16466f4788d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b4118048fd8eee2e17a9f1e2dd3a4f500d95b5fa1162a6f1a4752efcfb682cee"
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 8298 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows the Honorable Allan W. Fung to join James Donahue and Lamont Gordon in marriage on June 23, 2024, within the City of Cranston, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **8298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8298.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Handy — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/85a9db60-cb1f-4f4e-923f-b16466f4788d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).