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HB1202: relative to the minimum age required for marriage.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- Bonnie Mitchell House · Ches 7
- Cindy Rosenwald House · Hills 22
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HB 1202 – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
06-2376
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1202
AN ACT relative to the minimum age required for marriage.
ANALYSIS
This bill increases the minimum age required for marriage to 16.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2376
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the minimum age required for marriage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Marriageable; Minimum Age Increased. Amend RSA 457:4 to read as follows:
457:4 Marriageable. No male [below the age of 14 years and no] or female below the age of [13] 16 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.