Bill Text: AZ HB2117 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Marriage; qualifications

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-31 - Referred to House RULES Committee [HB2117 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2117-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: marriage; qualifications

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HB 2117

 

Introduced by

Representatives Friese, Andrade, Clark, Fernandez, Gabaldón, Hale, Steele: Benally, Mach, McCune Davis, Otondo, Rios

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 25-101, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to marriage.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 25-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE25-101.  Void and prohibited marriages

A.  Marriage between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, between brothers and sisters siblings of the one‑half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces or nephews, between aunts and nieces or nephews and between first cousins, is prohibited and void.

B.  Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, first cousins may marry if both are sixty‑five years of age or older or if one or both first cousins are under sixty‑five years of age, upon on approval of any superior court judge in the state if proof has been presented to the judge that one of the cousins is unable to reproduce.

C.  Marriage between persons of the same sex is void and prohibited. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Conditional enactment

This act does not become effective unless the Constitution of Arizona is amended by vote of the people at the next general election to remove the constitutional prohibition relating to marriage equality.