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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Michael Zachary Mezera to join Katherine Cielinski and the Honorable Jonathan Aaron Regunberg in marriage on or about August 19, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Michael Zachary Mezera to join Katherine Cielinski and the Honorable Jonathan Aaron Regunberg in marriage on or about August 19, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5257"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5257 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Donovan", "Knight", "Nardolillo", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/159176de-f834-40df-aa9f-3b5170cd45ae"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3452753b1325c64658386bd3b80bd36062c9a51e6891446596d2a9c07d50ba64"
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 5257 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Michael Zachary Mezera to join Katherine Cielinski and the Honorable Jonathan Aaron Regunberg in marriage on or about August 19, 2017, within the Town of Bristol, Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5257.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **655** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Ajello — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Nardolillo — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2017)
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31** 01/31/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (02/02/2017)
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (03/02/2017)
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-08** 03/08/2017 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/159176de-f834-40df-aa9f-3b5170cd45ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).