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Senators DeMora and Blessing urge ban on marriage under 18 in first hearing on SB 341
Summary
Senators DeMora and Blessing gave sponsor testimony on SB 341, which would eliminate statutory pathways that allow people under 18 to marry, citing survivor accounts and research on harm to underage spouses. The bill received a first hearing with no committee questions recorded.
Senators DeMora and Blessing presented sponsor testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s first hearing on Senate Bill 341, which would prohibit marriage by anyone under 18.
Senator DeMora told the committee the bill “gets rid of the loophole that we have right now that allows children to get married before…
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