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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 602

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Relating to: marriage license application requirements, issuance, and validity.

County — Officers Court 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 makes various changes to the requirements relating to marriage

licenses. Under the bill, a county clerk is required to accept certain documentation

in lieu of a birth certificate for the purpose of obtaining a marriage license. Under

current law, an applicant for a marriage license may present other documentary

proof of the information found in the birth certificate, but the clerk has discretion

regarding whether or not that documentation is satisfactory. The bill requires the

clerk to accept a valid U.S. passport, driver's license, permanent resident card, or

naturalization paper as satisfactory documentary proof in lieu of a birth certificate.

This bill also decreases the waiting period for a marriage license from five days

to 24 hours. Under the bill, the county clerk retains the discretion to waive the

minimum waiting period and charge a fee of up to $25 to cover any additional

processing cost incurred by the county for expediting the license. Finally, the bill

extends the period for which a marriage license is valid from 30 days to 60 days.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Considine (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kolste (D) , Kulp (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Subeck (D) , Weatherston (R) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Carpenter (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 7, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 7, 2018 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 Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 1, 2018 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. Oct 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Weatherston, Zamarripa, Berceau, E. Brooks, Considine, Fields, Genrich, Hesselbein, Horlacher, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Sinicki, Skowronski, Subeck and Kulp; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter and Wirch

  2. Oct 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Nov 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Kooyenga added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 10, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Kooyenga, Weatherston and Zamarripa

  6. Jan 30, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Kooyenga, Weatherston and Zamarripa

  7. Feb 1, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 7, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Feb 7, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  10. Feb 7, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 8, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2018 by Committee on Rules

  12. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  14. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  18. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 14, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Feb 14, 2018 · Senate

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

  21. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. Mar 1, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1