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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Holland to join Elizabeth Correia and Andrew Medeiros in marriage on or about April 21, 2018, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Holland to join Elizabeth Correia and Andrew Medeiros in marriage on or about April 21, 2018, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7985"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7985 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0aed173-aa66-48c4-9a2a-4a657acabe82"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6dae2314d0274cfb2292d7b67bf8869540702f718f12e2d674e8ee1022c7922f"
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 7985 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Christopher Holland to join Elizabeth Correia and Andrew Medeiros in marriage on or about April 21, 2018, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7985.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **650** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Solomon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/12/2018)
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 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/f0aed173-aa66-48c4-9a2a-4a657acabe82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).