Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 429

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Relating to: requirements for persons officiating at a marriage.

Marriage

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the following persons may officiate at a marriage: 1) an

ordained member of the clergy; 2) a licentiate of a denominational body or an

appointee of a bishop serving as the regular member of the clergy of any church of

the denomination to which the member of the clergy belongs; 3) the two marrying

parties themselves, by mutual declaration that they take each other as husband and

wife; 4) a judge, reserve judge, or municipal judge; and 5) a circuit court

commissioner. If a person listed under 1) or 2) above is not a state resident, the

person may officiate at a marriage in this state if the person has a letter of

sponsorship from a member of the clergy of the same religious denomination or

society who has a church in this state under his or her ministry.

This bill provides that, except for the two parties themselves, who may be under

age 18 under certain circumstances, any person who officiates at a marriage must

be at least 18 years old. The bill also eliminates the requirement for a letter of

sponsorship if the person officiating is a person listed under 1) or 2) above and not

a state resident.

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 13, Noes 1

Passed 13–1 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Mar 6, 2014 official source full page