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RI HB 8627

enacted

AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did RI HB 8627 pass?

Yes. RI HB 8627 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-26): 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature

What is RI HB 8627 about?

Allows Meghan Elizabeth McEntee to join Taylor Lauren Criscuolo and Michael Joseph McEntee Jr., in marriage on or about September 25, 2026, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Who sponsors RI HB 8627?

O'Brien, Dawson, Craven and 1 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 8627.

Description

Allows Meghan Elizabeth McEntee to join Taylor Lauren Criscuolo and Michael Joseph McEntee Jr., in marriage on or about September 25, 2026, within the Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-26 — 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • O'Brienprimary
  • Dawsonprimary
  • Cravenprimary
  • Caldwellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-26

    06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-18

    06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2026-06-11

    06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence

    passage

  4. 2026-06-10

    06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026)

    reading-3

  5. 2026-06-10

    06/10/2026 House read and passed

    passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ITEM 1 26-H 8627

    2026-06-10 · pass · 56-0

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: other
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: yes
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: yes
    • Chippendale: yes
    • Cortvriend: other
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: other
    • Craven: yes
    • Cruz: other
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: yes
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: yes
    • Finkelman: other
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • Hull: other
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: other
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: other
    • McGaw: yes
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: other
    • Morales: other
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: other
    • Newberry: other
    • Noret: other
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: other
    • Quattrocchi: other
    • Read: yes
    • Roberts: other
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: other
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

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