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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Daniel Lawrence to join Rachael Lenher and Taylor Sandoval Busby in marriage on or about October 11, 2020, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Daniel Lawrence to join Rachael Lenher and Taylor Sandoval Busby in marriage on or about October 11, 2020, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8071"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8071 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kislak"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/044b4dd2-201b-43a8-abdc-7b4179e03071"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2db8c04dcdb7ed6ed3ae96a58dc0b3640dc6d46716838f67f98665fcaec3174c"
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 8071 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Daniel Lawrence to join Rachael Lenher and Taylor Sandoval Busby in marriage on or about October 11, 2020, within the Town of Westerly, Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8071** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8071.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kislak — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26** 06/26/2020 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/044b4dd2-201b-43a8-abdc-7b4179e03071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).