marriage; minimum age

HB4125 - marriage; minimum age

Children Parental Rights

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Lorena Austin, Anna Abeytia, Junelle Cavero, Quantá Crews, Brian Garcia, Nancy Gutierrez, Consuelo Hernandez, Sarah Liguori, Tony Rivero, Mariana Sandoval, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Betty J Villegas, Kevin Volk, Catherine Miranda
Last action: 2026-06-13
Official status: House Rules: None
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not include an effective date; it only states the bill passed the legislature.

HB4125: Setting Rules for Marriage Age in Arizona

This law sets a minimum age to marry and lists specific rules that must be met if someone is between sixteen and seventeen years old.

What This Bill Does

Sets the rule that people under sixteen cannot get married.
Allows people aged sixteen or seventeen to marry only with an emancipation order from a court, provided their spouse is no more than three years older.
Allows people aged sixteen or seventeen to marry if their parent or guardian consents and their spouse is no more than three years older.
Stops court clerks from giving marriage licenses to anyone under eighteen who does not meet these rules.

Who It Names or Affects

People in Arizona who are sixteen or seventeen years old and want to marry
Parents or legal guardians of people aged sixteen or seventeen
Clerks of the superior court who issue marriage licenses

Terms To Know

Emancipation order: A legal decision from a court that gives a minor adult rights before they turn eighteen.
Prospective spouse: The person someone plans to marry.

Limits and Unknowns

This text does not say when the law will officially start working.
The bill summary does not explain what happens if a marriage license is issued by mistake under these rules.

Bill History

2026-06-13 House
House Rules: None
2026-06-13 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB4125 - marriage; minimum age

Current Bill Text

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HB4125 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
marriage; minimum age

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 4125

Introduced by

Representatives
Austin: Abeytia, Cavero, Crews, Garcia, Gutierrez, Hernandez C, Liguori,
Rivero, Sandoval, Stahl Hamilton, Villegas, Volk;� Senator Miranda

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_STATUTE
25-102.

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