SB 213 Summary

• Adds coercion by compelling another person to enter into marriage without consent as a criminal offense under Alaska's coercion statute.

• Restructures the coercion statute by renumbering existing threat categories (A-F) to clarify that marriage coercion is a separate violation.

• Changes marriage eligibility from requiring one man and one woman to allowing marriage between two natural persons of any gender.

• Eliminates the prior marriageable age of consent provision and establishes 18 years of age as the minimum marriage age, with exceptions for emancipated minors and active-duty military members.

• Repeals AS 25.05.171 and applies the new requirements only to persons married on or after the effective date of the Act.