Politics & Government
Vote Set For Tuesday On Same-Sex Marriage
The state House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on the controversial measure for this afternoon.
A vote by the State House Judiciary committee on a bill allowing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island is scheduled for a vote tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m., the General Assembly Press Bureau announced.
The "Equal Access to Marriage" bill — submitted in the House by Cranston Rep. Arthur Handy and co-sponsored by Rep. Kenneth A. Marshall (D-Dist. 68, Bristol, Warren) — would make Rhode Island the last state in New England to allow same-sex marriages, and would recognize any civil unions as marriages.
According to a release from the General Assembly Press Bureau, "no further testimony will be taken at this hearing."
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Passage in the House would then move the bill to the state Senate Judiciary Committee, which may or may not decide to take it up this session.
The agenda for today's hearing is attached to this article.
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