Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2023
General Assembly Passage
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Sep 2023
Introduced Dec 5, 2022
Signed Sep 5, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Sep 5, 2023
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2023, c.154.
executive
Jun 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0)
upper
Jun 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Feb 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Dec 5, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
4 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
P
John McKeon
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Danielsen
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Karabinchak
DDemocratic
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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