Bill Text: NH SB359 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-20 - Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0081; Effective 01/01/2025 [SB359 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB359-Introduced.html

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SB 359  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2834

05/08

 

SENATE BILL 359

 

AN ACT raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Long, Hills. 23; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. O'Neil, Rock. 29; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill changes the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18 years of age.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2834

05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1   Marriageable.   Amend RSA 457:4 to read as follows:

457:4 Marriageable.  No person below the age of [16] 18 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.