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Missouri senators discuss bill to modify marriage-age provisions
Summary
Senate Bill 66 would change provisions related to the age of marriage; lawmakers noted the Legislature recently passed a separate measure banning child marriages and setting 18 as the minimum age.
Missouri senators discussed Senate Bill 66, which "would modify provisions relating to the age of marriage," Missouri Senate majority floor leader Tony Luke Demeyer of Parkville said while reflecting on the first half of the legislative session.
The discussion followed passage earlier in the session of a separate bipartisan bill that, according to a speaker in the transcript, bans child marriages and sets 18 as the minimum marriage age. "We actually just passed another piece of legislation that banned child marriages, so an individual cannot get married until they're age 18. I think that's appropriate. That was a bipartisan piece of legislation," a senator said in the recording.
The transcript does not specify what precise changes Senate Bill 66 would make to existing law, nor does it record any committee action or a floor vote on SB66. No bill number beyond "Senate Bill 66" was associated with final action in the provided text.
Reporting at the state capital, Dean Morgan provided the summary in the transcript. The bill remains under consideration; sponsors, committee status and any amendments were not specified in the recorded excerpts.
