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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 291

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Relating to: waiting period for marriage after divorce judgment.

Divorce Judgment Marriage Marsh

  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: C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Duchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Macco (R) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sapik (R) , Sinicki (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D)

4 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Roys (D) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 1

Passed 5–1 Oct 26, 2023 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. May 25, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Macco, Novak, Kitchens, Steffen, Myers, Subeck, Cabrera, C. Anderson, Conley, Mursau, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Sapik and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Felzkowski, Roys and Taylor

  2. May 25, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Family Law

  3. Oct 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow

  4. Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 25, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Family Law, Ayes 5, Noes 1

  7. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:14 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  9. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jan 25, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jan 26, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Jan 26, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1