Bill Text: AZ SB1165 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Marriage; qualifications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-28 - Referred to Senate JUD Committee [SB1165 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-SB1165-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: marriage; qualifications.

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

SB 1165

 

Introduced by

Senators Gallardo, Hobbs, Jackson Jr., Lopez

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 25-101, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to marriage; providing for conditional enactment.

 

 

(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 of the one‑half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews and between first cousins, is prohibited and void.

B.  Notwithstanding subsection A, 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.