Senate Bill S739

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Designates lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages

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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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2021-S739 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6300
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11, 12, 13 & 13-b, Dom Rel L; add §110, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6952
2015-2016: A5223
2017-2018: S5858, A1137
2019-2020: S1430, S3652, A4895

2021-S739 - Summary

Designates lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages.

2021-S739 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S739 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    739
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BIAGGI, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation to designating lay individuals to solemnize marriages

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 1-a, 2 and 3-a of section 11 of the  domes-
 tic relations law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of
 2011,  subdivision  1-a  as  amended  by chapter 96 of the laws of 2011,
 subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of subpart E of part B of  chapter
 20  of  the laws of 2015, and subdivision 3-a as added by chapter 450 of
 the laws of 2014, are amended and a new subdivision 3-b is added to read
 as follows:
   1. A clergyman or minister of any religion, 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  Manhat-
 tan,  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 River-
 dale-Yonkers Ethical Society having its principal office in Bronx  coun-
 ty,  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-a.] A
 refusal by a clergyman or minister as defined  in  section  two  of  the
 religious  corporations  law,  or  Society for Ethical Culture leader to
 solemnize any marriage under this subdivision shall not create  a  civil
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2021-S739A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6300
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11, 12, 13 & 13-b, Dom Rel L; add §110, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6952
2015-2016: A5223
2017-2018: S5858, A1137
2019-2020: S1430, S3652, A4895

2021-S739A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages.

2021-S739A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S739A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  739--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BIAGGI, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Judiciary  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the domestic relations law and the executive law, in
   relation to designating lay individuals to solemnize marriages
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1, 1-a, 2 and 3-a of section 11 of the domes-
 tic relations law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of
 2011, subdivision 1-a as amended by chapter 96  of  the  laws  of  2011,
 subdivision  2 as amended by section 1 of subpart E of part B of chapter
 20 of the laws of 2015, and subdivision 3-a as added by chapter  450  of
 the laws of 2014, are amended and a new subdivision 3-b is added to read
 as follows:
   1.  A  clergyman or minister of any religion, 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 Manhat-
 tan, 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  River-
 dale-Yonkers  Ethical Society having its principal office in Bronx coun-
 ty, 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-a.]  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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