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A1266 • 2026

Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.

Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Inganamort, Michael
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.

Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.

What This Bill Does

  • Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.
  • Topic: Judiciary Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Official Summary Text

Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.
Topic:
Judiciary
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1266

ASSEMBLY, No. 1266

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Auth and Barlas

SYNOPSIS

���� Limits information required to be provided on
marriage or civil union license form.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning a marriage or civil union license and
amending R.S.37:1-17.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� R.S.37:1-17 is amended
to read as follows:

���� 37:1-17.� Marriage or civil
union license; information provided.

���� On the marriage or civil union
license shall be the form for the certificate of marriage or civil union in
quadruplicate, to which the licensing officer shall have set forth particularly
therein the name, age, parentage, birthplace, residence, Social Security number
and domestic status of each party, whether single, widowed, divorced, or a
former civil union or domestic partner and the names and county of birth of
their parents.�
No marriage or civil union license form shall require a
person to provide the: (1) number of times the person has been married or
entered into a civil union; or (2) name of the most recent spouse or civil
union partner.
� The Social Security number shall be kept confidential and
may only be released for child support enforcement purposes, and shall not be
considered a public record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.).� The
person by whom or the religious society, institution, or organization by or
before which, the marriage or civil union was solemnized, shall personally or
by legally authorized agent subscribe where indicated on the form the date and
place of the marriage or civil union.� Each certificate of marriage or civil
union shall also contain the signature and residence of at least two witnesses
who were present at the marriage or civil union ceremony.

(cf: P.L.2006, c.103, s.20)

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill limits the
information that a person is required to provide in a marriage or civil union
license application.

���� Currently, the New Jersey
Department of Health (DOH) provides the certificate of marriage or civil union
application and requires the applicants to provide the name of the person�s
most recent spouse or civil union partner, as well as the number of times the
person was married or entered into a civil union.�

���� Under the bill, the DOH is
prohibited from providing an application form to applicants which requires a
person to provide the: (1) number of times the person has been married or
entered into a civil union; or (2) name of the most recent spouse or civil
union partner.