assembly Bill A8031A

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to who may solemnize a marriage

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Vetoed by Governor

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 20, 2019 vetoed memo.284
delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.299
substituted for a8031a
Jun 18, 2019 substituted by s6330a
Jun 14, 2019 ordered to third reading rules cal.299
rules report cal.299
reported
Jun 07, 2019 amend and recommit to rules 8031a
Jun 04, 2019 reported referred to rules
May 30, 2019 referred to judiciary

A8031 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6330
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Dom Rel L

A8031 - Summary

Expands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges.

A8031 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8031

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 30, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROMEO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations  law,  in  relation  to  who  may
  solemnize a marriage

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11 of the domestic relations  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  633 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. A judge of [the] A federal circuit court of appeals [for the second
circuit], a judge of a federal district court [for the northern,  south-
ern,  eastern  or  western  district of New York], a judge of the United
States court of international trade, a federal administrative law  judge
presiding  in  this  state, a justice or judge of a court of the unified
court system, a housing judge of the civil court  of  the  city  of  New
York,  a  retired  justice  or  judge  of  the unified court system or a
retired housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York  certi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision two of section two hundred
twelve  of the judiciary law, the clerk of the appellate division of the
supreme court in each judicial department,  a  retired  city  clerk  who
served for more than ten years in such capacity in a city having a popu-
lation of one million or more or a county clerk of a county wholly with-
in cities having a population of one million or more; or,
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13016-01-9

A8031A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6330
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Dom Rel L

A8031A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands which judges may solemnize a marriage to include all federal circuit court of appeals judges and all federal district court judges.

A8031A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8031--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 30, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROMEO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary -- reported and referred to the  Committee  on  Rules  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations  law,  in  relation  to  who  may
  solemnize a marriage

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11 of the domestic relations  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  633 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. A judge of [the] A federal circuit court of appeals [for the second
circuit], a judge of a federal district court [for the northern,  south-
ern,  eastern  or  western  district of New York], a judge of the United
States court of international trade, a federal administrative law  judge
presiding  in  this  state, a justice or judge of a court of the unified
court system, a housing judge of the civil court  of  the  city  of  New
York,  a  retired  justice  or  judge  of  the unified court system or a
retired housing judge of the civil court of the city of New York  certi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision two of section two hundred
twelve  of the judiciary law, the clerk of the appellate division of the
supreme court in each judicial department,  a  retired  city  clerk  who
served for more than ten years in such capacity in a city having a popu-
lation of one million or more or a county clerk of a county wholly with-
in cities having a population of one million or more; or,
  §  2.  Subdivision  5  of section 11 of the domestic relations law, as
amended by chapter 264 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  5.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this article, where either
or both of the parties is under the age of  eighteen  years  a  marriage
shall  be solemnized only by those authorized in subdivision one of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.