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House approves raising minimum marriage age to 16 in first-substitute HB301
Summary
The House approved first substitute House Bill 301 to raise the minimum legal marriage age from 14 to 16 and remove judicial oversight for those 16 and older; floor debate focused on educational and maturity arguments. Final vote: 53–9.
The Utah House on Tuesday approved first substitute House Bill 301, a measure that raises the minimum marriage age from 14 to 16 and removes mandatory juvenile-court oversight for those 16 and older.
Sponsor Representative Carl R. Saunders told colleagues he had been "appalled" to learn that 14-year-olds could marry in Utah with parental consent and argued the change would protect education and maturation. "When I decided to go…
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