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MS HB1273

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/2/2021

Primary Sponsor

Shanda Yates

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the prohibition against same-sex marriage from Mississippi Code Section 93-1-1
  • Strikes language declaring marriages between persons of the same gender "prohibited and null and void from the beginning"
  • Eliminates provision that refused to recognize same-sex marriages valid in other jurisdictions
  • Retains existing prohibitions on incestuous marriages between specified family relations
  • Effective date of July 1, 2021

Legislative Description

Marriage; remove prohibition for same-sex.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/2/2021

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B1/18/2021

Full Bill Text

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