republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-398.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- MARRIAGE LICENSES (Repeals the provision of law granting minors the ability to obtain a marriage license, and would require a person to be of full legal age, at least eighteen (18) years of age to obtain a marriage license.)	AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- MARRIAGE LICENSES (Repeals the provision of law granting minors the ability to obtain a marriage license, and would require a person to be of full legal age, at least eighteen (18) years of age to obtain a marriage license.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 398	Rhode Island SB 398 (2021)	bill	Licenses Marriage Minors	enacted	Archambault Burke DiMario DiPalma F Lombardi Gallo Lombardo	1	14	3	2021-02-25	2021-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/aad7a5a6-985d-4800-b164-872822b30d53	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	777ac8571568b30c2786de28e794bea01088381e7a2b839b79fbc6c563183007	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 398 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- MARRIAGE LICENSES (Repeals the provision of law granting minors the ability to obtain a marriage license, and would require a person to be of full legal age, at least eighteen (18) years of age to obtain a marriage license.)

Version chain

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

1. 398 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 71–0 (pass) · upper
• Approval of Amendment — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Archambault — primary (person)
• Burke — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• F Lombardi — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2021)
• 2021-03-29 03/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-30 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
• 2021-05-06 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-05-21 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
• 2021-05-27 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-28 05/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2021)
• 2021-06-01 06/01/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2021-06-02 06/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-07 06/07/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aad7a5a6-985d-4800-b164-872822b30d53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).