Maryland House Bill 1231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 12 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-13 - Referred Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Extending the jurisdiction of the equity court to include a petition for authorization for a minor to marry; altering the conditions under which an individual who is 17 years old is authorized to marry; prohibiting an individual under the age of 17 years from marrying; requiring an applicant for a marriage license to provide a certain document to a clerk of the court; requiring a clerk of the court to review a certain order before issuing a marriage license under certain circumstances; etc.

Family Law – Authorization for a Minor to Marry

Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Dalya Attar [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]
Del. Tony Bridges [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]
Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]	Del. Nick Mosby [D]
Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Elizabeth Proctor [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]
Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]
Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]

2020-03-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 99 N: 32 NV: 3 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-13	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2020-03-12	House	Third Reading Passed (99-32)
2020-03-10	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-10	House	Favorable with Amendments {582512/1 Adopted
2020-03-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2020-02-07	House	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-07	House	First Reading Judiciary

SB949 (Crossfiled) 2020-02-06 - Hearing 3/04 at 12:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Family Law	1	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	2	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	2	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	2	405	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	5-2A	01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	5-2A	2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	5-2A	3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Family Law	5-2A	4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1231?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1231f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1231t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0001/hb1231_58251201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb1231_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0532.pdf