Virginia Senate Bill 306 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-03 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Marriage license; authorization for marriage officiant. Allows the parties to a marriage to designate an officiant, who shall be 18 years of age or older and not a party to the marriage, on their application for a marriage license. The bill provides that a license issued with such designation shall serve as authorization for the named officiant to celebrate the rites of such marriage in the Commonwealth. Under current law, ministers and other persons except for judges need authorization from a judge or clerk to act as marriage officiants.

Marriage license; authorization for marriage officiant.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2016-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-03	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
2016-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102412D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB306
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB306+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0177+SB0306