Bill Text: AZ HB2528 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Marriage; minimum age

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (N/A) - [HB2528 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2025-HB2528-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: marriage; minimum age

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

HB 2528

 

Introduced by

Representatives Austin: Abeytia, Liguori, Sandoval

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 25-102, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to marriage.

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 25-102, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE25-102. Marriage; minimum age

A. A person who is at least sixteen years of age and who is under eighteen years of age may marry only if one of the following is true:

1. The person has received an emancipation order pursuant to title 12, chapter 15 or from a court in another state and the person's prospective spouse is not more than three years older than the person.

2. The parent or guardian who has custody of the person consents to the marriage and the person's prospective spouse is not more than three years older than the person.

B. Persons who are under sixteen years of age shall not marry. may not marry.

C. b. The clerk of the superior court may not issue a license to a person who is under eighteen years of age and who does not meet the requirements of subsection A of this section. END_STATUTE