Bill Text: PA HB909 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Providing for an exception to the marriage license period for members of the active military, reserves or Pennsylvania National Guard who are currently deployed in an active military operation or emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 40-19)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB909 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB909-Introduced.html

---

PRINTER'S NO. 974
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 909 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY HARRIS, BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DAY, EVERETT, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HARPER, HESS, HICKERNELL, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KILLION, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MILLER, MIRABITO, MOUL, MUNDY, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYTON, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, READSHAW, ROCK, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SCAVELLO, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WHEATLEY, MARCH 3, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for an exception to the
marriage license period for members of the active military,
reserves or Pennsylvania National Guard who are currently
deployed in an active military operation or emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1310 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1310. Duration and form of license.
[The] (a) General rule.--A marriage license shall not be
valid [for a longer period] more than 60 days from the date of
issue and shall be in substantially the following form:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
ss: No. ....
County of (name)
To any person authorized by law to solemnize marriage:
You are hereby authorized to join together in holy state of
matrimony, according to the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, (name) and (name).
Given under my hand and seal of the Court of Common Pleas of
(name), at (city, borough or town), on (date).
Signed
(Official Title)
(b) Exception.--If an applicant is unable to satisfy the 60-
day license requirement under this section due to his deployment
for active military service, the applicant shall be granted an
additional 60 days following his return from active military
service.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "active
military service" means active service in any of the armed
forces of the United States or its reserve components for a
period of 30 or more consecutive days in response to a war,
armed conflict or state of emergency.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
20110HB0909PN0974 - 2 -