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HB0074 • 2011

Validity of marriages.

AN ACT relating to marriage; providing that marriages other than of a male and a female person are void; providing that marriages between more than two parties are void; specifying that Wyoming courts do not have jurisdiction over any domestic legal union involving parties who are not a male and a female person or where there are more than two parties to the contract; and providing for an effective date.

Budget Labor
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Petersen
Last action
2011-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0074H2001

2nd reading • GINGERY

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by GINGERY

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HB0074H2002

2nd reading • GINGERY

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by GINGERY

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HB0074H2003

2nd reading • ZWONITZ,DN

Failed

Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by ZWONITZ,DN

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HB0074H3001

3rd reading • ZWONITZ,DN

Withdrawn

Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by ZWONITZ,DN

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HB0074H3002

3rd reading • LUBNAU

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by LUBNAU

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HB0074HS001

Standing Committee • H04

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H04

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HB0074S2001

2nd reading • CASE

Failed

Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by CASE

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HB0074S2002

2nd reading • MEIER

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by MEIER

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HB0074S3001

3rd reading • MEIER

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by MEIER

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HB0074S3002

3rd reading • DRISKILL

Failed

Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by DRISKILL

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HB0074S3003

3rd reading • DRISKILL

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by DRISKILL

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Bill History

  1. 2011-03-03 House

    H Indefinitely Postponed

  2. 2011-03-02 Senate

    S Did Not Adopt HB0074JC01

  3. 2011-03-02 House

    H Adopted HB0074JC01

  4. 2011-02-23 Senate

    S Appointed JCC01 Members

  5. 2011-02-22 House

    H Appointed JCC01 Members

  6. 2011-02-22 House

    H Did Not Concur

  7. 2011-02-18 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  8. 2011-02-18 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  9. 2011-02-18 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  10. 2011-02-18 Senate

    Amendment Failed

  11. 2011-02-18 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  12. 2011-02-17 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  13. 2011-02-17 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  14. 2011-02-17 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  15. 2011-02-17 Senate

    Amendment Failed

  16. 2011-02-16 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  17. 2011-02-04 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  18. 2011-02-04 Senate

    S05 Recommended Do Pass

  19. 2011-02-02 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S05

  20. 2011-01-26 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  21. 2011-01-24 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  22. 2011-01-24 House

    Amendment Adopted

  23. 2011-01-21 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  24. 2011-01-21 House

    Amendment Failed

  25. 2011-01-21 House

    Amendment Adopted

  26. 2011-01-21 House

    Amendment Adopted

  27. 2011-01-20 House

    H Passed CoW

  28. 2011-01-20 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  29. 2011-01-20 House

    Amendment Adopted

  30. 2011-01-18 House

    H Placed on General File

  31. 2011-01-18 House

    H04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  32. 2011-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04

  33. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  34. 2011-01-06 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0398.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0074

Validity of marriages.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Petersen, Brechtel, Buchanan, Gay, Hunt, Kroeker, Lubnau, Quarberg and Teeters and Senator(s) Geis, Hicks and Nutting

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to marriage
;
providing that
marriage
s
other than of
a male and a female person are void
; provi
ding that
marriage
s
between more than two
parties are
void;
providing that marriages and domestic civil unions which would be void if contracted in Wyoming shall not be given effect in Wyoming;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1
.

W.
S.

20
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1
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111
and

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2
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101(a) by creat
ing new paragraphs (iv) and (v)
and
by creating a new subsection
(h) are amended to read:

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1
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111.

Out of state
marriages.

(a)

All marriage contracts which are valid
by the laws of the

country
under the authority of the foreign nation

in which contracted are valid in this state
, provided that such marriage contracts are betw
een a male and
a
female person
.

(b)

All marriage contracts which are valid under the authority of a state, commonwealth, territory, district or possession of the
United States

are valid in this state provided that such marriage contracts are between a male and a female person.

20
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2
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101.

Void and voidable marriages defined; annulments.

(a)

Marriages contracted in
Wyoming
are void without any decree of divorce:

(iv)

When the parties are
not a male and a female person
; or

(v)

When there are more than two (2) parties to the contract.

(
h)

A party to a domestic civil union or marriage
which would be void under
subsection
(a) of this section
if contracted as a marriage in Wyoming,
shall not be entitled to the legal obligations, responsibilities, protections
or
benefits afforded or recognized by the law of Wyoming to married persons and spouses, whether they derive from statute, administrative rule, policy, common law or any other source of civil or criminal law.

Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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