Senate Bill S430

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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  • 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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2019-S430 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A817
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4189, A8205
2017-2018: S1779, A2102

2019-S430 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S430 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S430 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    430
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 relations 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:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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