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SB 1580: Florida Guide to a Healthy Marriage

GENERAL BILL by Stargel

Florida Guide to a Healthy Marriage; Creating the Marriage Education Committee within the Department of Children and Families; requiring the clerk of each circuit court to post an electronic copy of the guide on the court’s website and to distribute printed copies of the guide if they are made available; prohibiting a county court judge or clerk of the circuit court from issuing a marriage license unless he or she is first presented with a statement verifying that both parties have obtained and read the guide or have viewed an electronic presentation containing certain information, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/4/2018 Senate • Filed
    1/12/2018 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 179
    1/17/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 179
    1/25/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/30/18, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/30/2018 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -SJ 242
    1/31/2018 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 242
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

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  • SB 1580, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/4/2018 at 3:35 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2018 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1323 Florida Guide to a Healthy Marriage Yarborough, Burgess Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Judiciary Committee Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/30/2018 2:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    741.0307 Page 2 (pdf)
    741.04 Marriage license issued. Page 4 (pdf)

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