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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 439

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Relating to: waiting period for marriage after divorce judgment.

Divorce Judgment Marriage Maternal and infant care

  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: Duchow (R) , Felzkowski (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Novak (R) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R)

4 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Ringhand (D) , Skowronski (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Jan 16, 2020 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 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Krug, Loudenbeck, Novak, Kulp, Kitchens, Subeck, James, Tranel, Felzkowski and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Kooyenga and Ringhand

  2. Sep 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 7, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  7. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  9. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1