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Senate advances bill to let any adult in Utah solemnize marriages without clerks' deputization
Summary
A first-substitute version of SB162, sponsored by Sen. McKay, would remove a county clerk deputization step and make adults physically present in Utah eligible to solemnize marriages; floor debate centered on whether the change removes special recognition for elected officials and on fee elimination.
Salt Lake City — The Utah Senate advanced first substitute Senate Bill 162 on Tuesday after a floor debate about who may solemnize marriages and what the state requires from people performing weddings.
Sponsor Senator McKay told colleagues the bill "codifies existing practice" by removing a statutory deputization requirement administered through county clerks. Under the substitute, an adult physically located in Utah could solemnize a marriage without first going to a clerk to be deputized, a process the sponsor said often carries a fee that clerks…
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