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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 79

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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: Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Duchow (R) , J. Rodriguez (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , L. Myers (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Magnafici (R) , Novak (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D)

4 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Ringhand (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 25, 2021 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. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Novak, Callahan, James, Kitchens, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Moses, L. Myers, J. Rodriguez, Sinicki, Skowronski, Steffen, Subeck and Cabrera; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Ballweg, Felzkowski and Ringhand

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Mar 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  6. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Moses withdrawn as a coauthor

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1