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2020 SESSION
HB 1490 Same-sex marriages; civil unions.
Introduced by: Nancy D. Guy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Same-sex marriages; civil unions. Repeals the statutory prohibitions on same-sex marriages and civil unions or other arrangements between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges and obligations of marriage. These prohibitions are no longer valid due to the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015). This bill is identical to SB 17.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104109D pdf
- 02/20/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1490ER) pdf
- 03/02/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104109D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/24/20 House: Read first time
- 01/27/20 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/20 House: Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N)
- 01/28/20 House: VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N)
- 01/29/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/12/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)
- 02/14/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/20 Senate: Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1490ER)
- 02/20/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 02/25/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 03/02/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/02/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075)