Bill Text - HB1587 (2018)

(New Title) relative to the minimum age for marriage.


Revision: June 20, 2018, 1:59 p.m.

CHAPTER 272

HB 1587 - FINAL VERSION

 

6Mar2018... 0460h

2018 SESSION

18-2362

05/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1587

 

AN ACT relative to the minimum age for marriage.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cilley, Straf. 4; Rep. Murray, Rock. 24; Rep. Campion, Graf. 12; Rep. Mulligan, Graf. 12; Rep. Read, Rock. 17; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18

 

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a person to be at least 16 years of age to marry.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2018... 0460h 18-2362

05/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the minimum age for marriage.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

272:1  Marriageable; Minimum Age to Marry.  RSA 457:4 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

457:4  Marriageable. No person below the age of 16 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void.

272:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

 

Approved: June 18, 2018

Effective Date: January 01, 2019