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H7165 • 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)
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AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Allows the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island.)
H7165 2026 -- H 7165 ======== LC004368 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, Blazejewski, and Shekarchi Date Introduced: January 20, 2026 Referred To: House read and passed It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the 2 Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi may join Madeline Marie Hopkins and Cameron David Charron 3 in marriage within the City of Warwick, Rhode Island on or about February 10, 2026. The 4 Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi is hereby authorized and empowered to join the foregoing persons 5 in marriage pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title 15 of the General laws, entitled 6 “Solemnization of Marriages.” 7 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC004368 ======== EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES *** 1 This act would allow the Honorable Mayor Frank Picozzi to join Madeline Marie Hopkins 2 and Cameron David Charron in Marriage on or about February 10, 2026, within the City of 3 Warwick, Rhode Island. 4 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC004368 ======== LC004368 - Page 2 of 2