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2004 SESSION
SB 15 Marriage rites; persons who may perform.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Persons who may perform marriage rites. Allows circuit court judges to appoint persons who are residents of the circuit in which the judge sits to perform marriages anywhere in the Commonwealth. Legislation enacted in 2003 limited the area to the jurisdiction in which the person resides. Prior to the 2003 legislation, a judge could appoint a person who resided in the jurisdiction for which the court was held to perform a marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth. The bill has an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/25/03 041106728 pdf
- 01/19/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 041106728-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/25/03 041106728
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/04 Senate: Read second time
- 01/19/04 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/19/04 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/19/04 Senate: Emergency clause added
- 01/19/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB15E
- 01/19/04 Senate: Printed as engrossed 041106728-E
- 01/20/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 01/21/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/21/04 House: Read first time
- 01/21/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/04 House: Incorporated by C. J. (SB274-Devolites) (22-Y 0-N)