AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows Thomas Deegan Douglass to join Meaghan Siobhan Dendy and James Everett Case in marriage on or about May 19, 2018, within the City of Newport, Rhode Island.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Mar 2018
Introduced Jan 18, 2018
Signed Mar 14, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2018
How they voted
60–4
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 69
Mar 6, 2018
D
Democratic59
88% Yea
R
Republican10
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Mar 6, 2018
Lower · Passed
03/06/2018 House passed in concurrence
lower
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
02/28/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Committee
02/09/2018 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
02/08/2018 Senate read and passed
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
02/01/2018 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Jan 18, 2018
Introduced
01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cynthia Armour Coyne
DDemocratic
P
Dawn Euer
DDemocratic
P
James A. Seveney
DDemocratic
P
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
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