Bill Text - HB1516 (2020)

Raising the minimum age for marriage.


Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:46 a.m.

HB 1516 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2424

05/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1516

 

AN ACT raising the minimum age for marriage.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Rung, Hills. 21; Rep. Mulligan, Graf. 12; Rep. Wazir, Merr. 17; Rep. Read, Rock. 17; Rep. Adjutant, Graf. 17; Rep. Ruprecht, Graf. 15; Rep. Diggs, Graf. 16; Rep. T. Smith, Hills. 17; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24

 

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill raises the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18 years of age.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2424

05/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT raising the minimum age for marriage.

 

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

 

1  Marriage; Age.  Amend RSA 457:4 to read as follows:

457:4  Marriageable.  No person below the age of [16] 18 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void.

2  Prohibition.  RSA 457:8 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

457:8  Prohibitions.  No individual under the age of 18 shall be granted a marriage license.

3  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 457:6, relative to a marriage petition by a party under age.

II.  RSA 457:7, relative to grounds for granting a marriage petition by a party under age.

III.  RSA 5-C:45, relative to the marriage license of a party under age.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.