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AB-1267 • 2026

Marriage: prohibition on minors.

Marriage: prohibition on minors.

Children Land Parental Rights
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Pellerin (A) , Dixon (A) , Petrie-Norris (A) , Quirk-Silva
Last action
2026-06-11
Official status
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Marriage: prohibition on minors.

AB 1267, as amended, Pellerin.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 1267, as amended, Pellerin.
  • Consolidated license and certification.
  • Marriage: prohibition on minors.
  • Existing law authorizes an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age to marry upon obtaining a court order granting permission and the written consent of at least one of the parents or the guardian of each underage party to the marriage, as specified.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  2. 2026-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to second reading.

  3. 2026-06-11 California Legislative Information

    From inactive file.

  4. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.

  5. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  7. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  8. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  10. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  11. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 1885.)

  12. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 23).

  14. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  15. 2025-04-28 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. 2025-04-24 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  17. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 22).

  18. 2025-03-27 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  19. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  20. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  21. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  22. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  23. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1267, as amended, Pellerin.
Consolidated license and certification.
Marriage: prohibition on minors.
Existing law authorizes an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age to marry upon obtaining a court order granting permission and the written consent of at least one of the parents or the guardian of each underage party to the marriage, as specified. Existing law requires the court, if it considers it necessary, as part of the court order granting permission to marry, to require the parties to the prospective marriage of a minor to participate in premarital counseling, as specified.
Existing law provides that 2 unmarried, unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring may establish a domestic partnership by filing a declaration with the Secretary of State, if certain requirements are
met. Existing law provides that a person under 18 years of age who, together with the person with whom the person proposes to establish a domestic partnership, meets the requirements for a domestic partnership other than the requirement of being at least 18 years of age, is capable of consenting to and establishing a domestic partnership upon obtaining a court order granting permission to the underage person or persons to establish a domestic partnership. Under existing law, registered domestic partners have the same rights, protections, and benefits as spouses.
This bill would repeal the authorization for a person under 18 years of age to be issued a marriage license or to establish a domestic partnership, thereby prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from being issued a marriage license or from establishing a domestic partnership. The bill would make conforming changes.
Existing law required the State Registrar to
create a document, no later than March 1, 2020, concerning marriage certificates in which one or both of the parties were minors at the time of solemnization of the marriage. Existing law requires the State Registrar to update that document annually, as specified. Existing law requires the local registrar to submit specified information for the purposes of that report.
This bill would repeal those provisions.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate adult alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities that provide residential nonmedical services, as specified, and further requires the department to certify and regulate alcohol and other drug programs, as specified. Existing law requires the department to charge various fees for a license or certification.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, require the department to offer a consolidated license and certification that allows the holder to operate more than one facility that requires a license, a program that requires a certification, or a combination thereof, that the holder operates within the same geographic location. This bill would define “same geographic location” as the physical location where clients are generally colocated,
intermingle, reside, or receive services in one building or multiple buildings within 1,000 feet of each other in areas not zoned exclusively for residential use under local zoning ordinances. The bill would require a consolidated license and certification to, among other things, impose the same minimum standards as if an applicant had applied and operated under separate licenses and certification for each of its facilities and programs. The bill would authorize the department to promulgate regulations and impose a charge to implement a consolidated license and certification.

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