Senate Bill 16-150 Summary

• Establishes that when parties in a civil union subsequently marry each other, the two relationship statuses merge into a single marriage, with the civil union automatically terminating on the date of marriage solemnization without requiring separate dissolution.

• Requires marriage license applications to include information about any prior civil union partnership, including the partner's name or details about dissolution, invalidity, or the partner's death.

• Prohibits marriage when one party remains in an active civil union with another individual, except when both parties to the civil union marry each other.

• Specifies that if a merged civil union and marriage are later dissolved, any calculation of marriage duration includes the time period the parties spent in the civil union.

• Amends the bigamy statute to apply equally to civil union partners, making it a Class 6 felony for a civil union partner to marry or enter another civil union while still legally in the original civil union.