Celebration of marriage; fee.
Summary
Celebration of marriage; fee. Increases from $50 to $75 the maximum fee that may be charged by a person other than a minister who is authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Mar 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2020
How they voted
21–18
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 30, 2020
D
Democratic21
80% Yea
R
Republican19
73% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Mar 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (57-Y 42-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105259D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lionell Spruill
DDemocratic
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