SB 156
AN ACT relating to child marriage.
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Bill overview
Amend KRS 402.020 to prohibit marriage with a person under 18 years of age; exclude from being prohibited and void, marriages entered into in the Commonwealth before the effective date of this Act and marriages entered into in another state or country; amend KRS 402.080 and 402.210 to prohibit the issuance of marriage licenses to persons under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.030 to conform; repeal KRS 402.205, relating to petitions to courts filed by minors aged 17 years seeking permission to marry.
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Primary sponsor
J. Adams
Cosponsors
C. Armstrong
L. Tichenor
M. Deneen
S. Funke Frommeyer
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