HB 218 Summary

• Prohibits marriage ceremonies from being performed at correctional facilities in Alaska by amending the marriage license statute to exclude correctional facilities as authorized venues.

• Bans conjugal visitation for prisoners held in state correctional facilities operated by the state.

• Prohibits the commissioner of corrections from authorizing any person to perform a marriage ceremony at a correctional facility in the state.

• Prevents the commissioner from designating the same correctional facility for both a prisoner and the prisoner's spouse, ensuring married couples cannot be housed together.

• References the definition of "correctional facility" from AS 33.30.901 throughout the amendments.