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2016 SESSION
SB 40 Marriage licenses; issuance of license by State Registrar of Vital Records, conscience clause.
Introduced by: Charles W. Carrico, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Issuance of marriage licenses; conscience clause; State Registrar of Vital Records. Provides that a clerk or deputy clerk shall not be required to issue a marriage license if such clerk has an objection to the issuance of such license on personal, ethical, moral, or religious grounds. If the clerk or deputy clerk declines to issue a marriage license on such grounds, the parties contemplating marriage may be issued a license by the State Registrar of Vital Records at a local Department of Motor Vehicles office. The bill directs the State Registrar of Vital Records to develop a process with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles whereby parties contemplating marriage can request and be issued a marriage license at their local Department of Motor Vehicles office.
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- 12/15/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101517D
- 12/15/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (8-Y 6-N)
- 01/29/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/16 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 01/29/16 Senate: Recommitted to Courts of Justice
- 02/17/16 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice