AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES
This bill authorizes Gretchen Bell to legally officiate the wedding of Amber Ilcisko and Timothy Brownell on September 13, 2024, in Newport, Rhode Island. It grants Bell the specific legal power to perform this marriage ceremony under the state's existing laws for solemnizing marriages. The legislation applies only to this single event and does not change any broader rules about who can officiate weddings in the future.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced May 3, 2024
Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024
How they voted
66–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 74
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic64
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican9
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 28, 2024
Signed into law
05/28/2024 Signed by Governor
executive
May 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
05/22/2024 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 22, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (66-0-8)
senate
May 14, 2024
Legislature · Passed
05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
May 10, 2024
Committee
05/10/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation
lower
May 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
05/09/2024 Senate read and passed
upper
May 7, 2024
Legislature · Passed
05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 3, 2024
Introduced
05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
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