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KS HB2026
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Stephanie Clayton
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AI Summary
- Raises the minimum marriage age in Kansas to 18 years old, eliminating all exceptions that currently allow minors to marry
- Removes existing provisions that permitted 15-year-olds to marry with a judge's consent and 16-17 year-olds to marry with parental and/or judicial consent
- Modifies the three-day waiting period for marriage licenses by excluding Sundays, holidays, and days when the clerk's office is inaccessible from the count
- Retains the emergency exception allowing a district court judge to waive the three-day waiting period under extraordinary circumstances
- Amends K.S.A. 23-2505 and takes effect upon publication in the statute book
Legislative Description
Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
1/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Federal and State Affairs1/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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