Assembly Bill A2102

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the authorization of solemnization of marriages by a civil celebrant

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1779 - On Floor Calendar


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2102 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1779
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8205, S4189
2019-2020: A817, S430

2017-A2102 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the authorization of solemnization of marriages by a civil celebrant; establishes criteria to qualify as a civil celebrant.

2017-A2102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2102
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to solemnization
   of marriages by a civil celebrant
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11 of the domestic  relation  law,
 as  amended    by  chapter  95 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new
 subdivision 1-b is added to read as follows:
   1. A clergyman or minister of any religion, A CIVIL CELEBRANT  WHO  IS
 CERTIFIED  BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES AS SET FORTH
 IN SUBDIVISION ONE-B OF THIS SECTION, or by the senior leader, or any of
 the other leaders, of The Society for Ethical Culture in the city of New
 York, having its principal office in the borough of Manhattan, or by the
 leader of The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, having its principal
 office in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New  York,  or  of  the
 Westchester  Ethical Society, having its principal office in Westchester
 county, or of the Ethical Culture Society of  Long  Island,  having  its
 principal  office  in Nassau county, or of the Riverdale-Yonkers Ethical
 Society having its principal office in Bronx county, or by the leader of
 any other Ethical Culture Society affiliated with the  American  Ethical
 Union;  provided that no clergyman or minister as defined in section two
 of the religious corporations law, or Society for Ethical Culture leader
 shall be required to solemnize any marriage when acting in  his  or  her
 capacity under this subdivision.
   1-B.  A  CIVIL CELEBRANT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES IF
 CERTIFIED TO DO SO BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
   (A) A CIVIL CELEBRANT SHALL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATION FROM THE SECRETARY
 OF STATE TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES IF THE CELEBRANT:
   (1) IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND HAS GRADUATED FROM A SECOND-
 ARY SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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