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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1024
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2708
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT IMPOSING FINES AGAINST PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATE
IN MARRIAGE FRAUD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 815e of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
any person who participates in a marriage and any person who is 2
authorized to perform a marriage in this state who participates in or 3
performs a marriage while knowing such marriage is for purposes of 4
evading any provision of United States immigration law shall be fined 5
not less than two thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand 6
dollars per violation. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent knowing and wilful immigration and marriage fraud.