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SB89: relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses.
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Sponsors
- Regina Birdsell Senate ยท Dist 19
Topics
Criminal justice and courts Health care
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CHAPTER 159
SB 89 - FINAL VERSION
03/16/2023 0825s
18May2023... 1605h
2023 SESSION
23-1011
02/04
SENATE BILL 89
AN ACT relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows a city or town clerk to accommodate parties unable to appear in person for a marriage license due to documented medical reasons.
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03/16/2023 0825s
18May2023... 1605h 23-1011
02/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to accommodation for medical reasons in issuing marriage licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
159:1 Marriage Registration Forms and Procedures; Marriage License Registration. Amend RSA 5-C:42, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. If either party is unable to appear in person for documented medical reasons, the city or town clerk [shall] may accommodate the parties by meeting in person with the parties at such other location within the city or town as may be convenient.
159:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 28, 2023
Effective Date: September 26, 2023