Bill Text: IN HJR0007 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Definition of marriage.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures [HJR0007 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HJR0007-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. 7
Citations Affected: Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution.
Synopsis: Definition of marriage. Provides that only marriage between
one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in
Indiana. Provides that a legal status identical or substantially similar to
that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or
recognized. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed
to by a general assembly.
Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two
consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's
voters voting on the question to be effective.
January 13,2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
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RESOLUTION No. 7
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 1 of
the Indiana Constitution concerning family law and juvenile law.