House Bill No. 7003 Public Act No. 15-214 AN ACT CONCERNING THE VALIDITY OF MARRIAGES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) No marriage shall be presumed to be invalid or bigamous because a prior divorce of one of the parties that was entered legally in another state or country does not meet the jurisdictional requirements of the law of this state.