---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES"
description: "Allows Kimberley Gaffett to join Bonnie Phyllis Nolan and David Gaffett Spier in Marriage on or about October 3, 2026, within the Town of New Shoreham."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3314"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3314 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-22"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a655ea52-e600-4aa3-870a-c374f4936967"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f52916f5ac49403f89d1b80c5ba9b47b496f046eda3ab8279b7406d953f33926"
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 SB 3314 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Allows Kimberley Gaffett to join Bonnie Phyllis Nolan and David Gaffett Spier in Marriage on or about October 3, 2026, within the Town of New Shoreham.

## Version chain

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

1. **3314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3314.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House 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/a655ea52-e600-4aa3-870a-c374f4936967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).