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SB 62 Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.
Introduced by: David R. Suetterlein | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports; identification of race. Eliminates the requirement that the race of married parties be included in marriage records, divorce reports, and annulment reports filed with the State Registrar. The bill also removes the requirement that the State Registrar include race data in the compilation and posting of marriage, divorce, and annulment data. This bill incorporates SB 19 and is identical to HB 180 and SB 1066.
FULL TEXT
- 11/19/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100816D pdf | impact statement
- 01/15/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20105900D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB62ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210) pdf
HISTORY
- 11/19/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100816D
- 11/19/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/20 Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 01/15/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/20 Senate: Incorporates SB19 (Ebbin)
- 01/15/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20105900D-S1
- 01/17/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/20 Senate: Read second time
- 01/20/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/20/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20105900D-S1
- 01/20/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB62S1
- 01/21/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/20 House: Read first time
- 02/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/18/20 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Read second time
- 02/21/20 House: Read third time
- 02/21/20 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/25/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB62ER)
- 02/25/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
- 03/03/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- 03/10/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/10/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)