FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 180
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KLARICH.
Pre-filed December 5, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 22, 2001, and referred to the Committee on Aging, Families and Mental Health.
Reported from the Committee March 29, 2001, with recommendation that the bill do pass.
Taken up for Perfection April 26, 2001. Bill declared Perfected and Ordered Printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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AN ACT
To repeal section 451.022, RSMo 2000, relating to marriage, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 451.022, RSMo 2000, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 451.022, to read as follows:
[451.022. 1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid.
3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman.]
451.022. 1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid.
3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman. 4. A marriage between persons of the same sex will not be recognized for any purpose in this state even when valid where contracted.