CHAPTER 159

SB 89 - FINAL VERSION

03/16/2023   0825s

18May2023... 1605h

2023 SESSION

23-1011

02/04

SENATE BILL 89

AN ACT relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses.

SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows a city or town clerk to accommodate parties unable to appear in person for a marriage license due to documented medical reasons.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/16/2023   0825s

18May2023... 1605h 23-1011

02/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

159:1  Marriage Registration Forms and Procedures; Marriage License Registration.  Amend RSA 5-C:42, V-a to read as follows:

V-a. If either party is unable to appear in person for documented medical reasons, the city or town clerk [shall] may accommodate the parties by meeting in person with the parties at such other location within the city or town as may be convenient.

159:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 28, 2023

Effective Date: September 26, 2023