AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- 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
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 18, 2021
Signed Jun 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2021
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 25, 2021
Signed into law
06/25/2021 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
06/22/2021 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 15, 2021
Legislature · Passed
06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
May 12, 2021
Committee
05/12/2021 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
05/11/2021 Senate read and passed
upper
May 6, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 29, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced
03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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