File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1268/96 - JUD
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates E. Burns, Kelly, Owings, Proctor, DeCarlo, D. Murphy,
O'Donnell, Bissett, Exum, Branch, C. Mitchell, Minnick, M. Burns,
Ports, and Redmer
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
 
Providing that a marriage between two individuals of the same sex that
is validly entered into in another state or in a foreign country is
not valid in this State; altering the definition of a "foreign
marriage"; and declaring that marriages between individuals of the
same sex are against the public policy of this State.
House Action
- 1/24
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 2/5
 - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/18
 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
 
Senate Action
- No Action
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
 - Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30
 - Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
 - Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
 - Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
 - Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Delegate James M. Kelly, District 9B
 - Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
 - Delegate Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
 - Delegate Donald E. Murphy, District 12A
 - Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
 - Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
 - Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
 - Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
 - Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 - INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
 - MARRIAGE -see also- ANNULMENT; DIVORCE
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Family Law
 - (
 2-201 ,
 2-502 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF)