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ID HJM017
JM
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Joint memorial from the Idaho Legislature to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting reversal of Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
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Argues the decision conflicts with states' rights to regulate marriage, citing that 63% of Idaho voters and 75% of legislators approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman in 2006
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Claims the Obergefell ruling was potentially illegitimate because Justices Ginsburg and Kagan had officiated same-sex weddings and should have recused themselves under 28 U.S.C. 455
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Calls for restoring marriage law authority to individual states and defining marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman
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Directs the Chief Clerk of the House to forward the memorial to the U.S. Supreme Court
Legislative Description
States findings of the Legislature and calls on the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.
MARRIAGE
Last Action
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
3/11/2026