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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Edgar Javier Moya Fernandez to join Alexandria Rego and Diego Molina in marriage on or about July 18, 2021, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Edgar Javier Moya Fernandez to join Alexandria Rego and Diego Molina in marriage on or about July 18, 2021, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 979 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-25"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9526d10-f2a6-4cf1-8779-d9df2166267d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2840b8a220b4ac2fef24933280ab4a99137590aaf39f3767a6720ce7e9462ac3"
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 979 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Edgar Javier Moya Fernandez to join Alexandria Rego and Diego Molina in marriage on or about July 18, 2021, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0979.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **671** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiPalma — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/b9526d10-f2a6-4cf1-8779-d9df2166267d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).