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Missouri senators discuss bill to modify marriage-age provisions
Summary
Senate Bill 66, discussed on the Senate floor, would modify provisions related to the legal age of marriage; speakers noted a recently passed measure setting 18 as the minimum age, but no formal vote on SB66 is recorded in the transcript.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Tony Luke Demeyer of Parkville said Senate Bill 66 would modify provisions relating to the age of marriage.
The bill is under consideration in the Missouri Senate; the transcript records Demeyer describing the measure but does not show any floor vote on SB66. A separate speaker said lawmakers recently approved legislation banning child marriage and setting the minimum legal marriage age at 18.
"This measure would modify provisions relating to the age of marriage," Demeyer said. An unidentified speaker added, "We actually just passed another piece of legislation that banned child marriages, so an individual cannot get married until they are age 18. I think that's appropriate. That was a bipartisan piece of legislation." The transcript does not attribute that second remark to a named senator.
No formal action on Senate Bill 66 was recorded in the provided transcript. Reporting from the state capital, Dean Morgan.
