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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 521

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Relating to: waiting period for marriage after divorce judgment.

Divorce Judgment Marriage

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill eliminates the prohibition against a person marrying for six months

after the grant of that person's judgment of divorce. Under current law, a person who

was married and party to a divorce action in this or another state may not marry

again until six months after a judgment of divorce is granted. This bill eliminates

the waiting period.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Crowley (D) , Duchow (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Novak (R) , Sinicki (D) , Tranel (R)

3 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Ringhand (D) , Subeck (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 Nov 7, 2017 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Sinicki, Novak, Berceau, Crowley, Felzkowski, Kitchens, Kooyenga, Loudenbeck and Tranel; cosponsored by Senator Ringhand

  2. Sep 29, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Senator Darling added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  8. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules

  10. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Nov 9, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Nov 30, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations

  17. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1