AN ACT RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGES (Adds the administrator of the supreme court as an individual authorized to perform marriages and would clarify that the current administrators of the superior court, family court, district court, or traffic tribunal are empowered to perform marriages.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2019
Last action Jun 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 13, 2019
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Jun 13, 2019
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Jun 14, 2019
Committee
06/14/2019 Referred to House Special Legislation
lower
Jun 13, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/13/2019 Senate read and passed
legislature
Jun 6, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 28, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2019
Introduced
02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stephen R. Archambault
DDemocratic
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