Act No. 122
Public Acts of 2023
Approved by the Governor
September 18, 2023
Filed with the Secretary of State
September 19, 2023
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 2023
STATE OF MICHIGAN
102ND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
Introduced by Reps. Farhat, Hope, Brixie, Young, Hill, Grant, Breen, Byrnes, Hoskins, Morgan,
Skaggs, Paiz, Brabec and McKinney
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4295
AN ACT to amend 1897 PA 180, entitled “An act to provide for the issuance of marriage licenses and
certificates without publicity in certain cases; and to provide criminal and civil penalties for violation of this act,”
by amending section 1 (MCL 551.201), as amended by 1983 PA 199.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) When an individual desires to keep the exact date of his or her marriage to an individual of the
opposite sex a secret, the probate judge may issue, without publicity, a marriage license to any individual making
application, under oath, if there is good reason expressed in the application and determined to be sufficient by the
probate judge.
(2) The probate judge may authorize an order nunc pro tunc regarding the date to appear on the marriage
license.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the
102nd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 209.
(b) Senate Bill No. 212.
(c) House Bill No. 4294.
(d) House Bill No. 4296.
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Clerk of the House of Representatives
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
Compiler's note: The bills referred to in enacting section 1 were enacted into law as follows:
Senate Bill No. 209 was filed with the Secretary of State July 12, 2023, and became 2023 PA 71, Eff. Sept. 19, 2023.
Senate Bill No. 212 was filed with the Secretary of State July 12, 2023, and became 2023 PA 72, Imd. Eff. July 12,
2023.
House Bill No. 4294 was filed with the Secretary of State September 19, 2023, and became 2023 PA 121, Imd. Eff.
Sept. 19, 2023.
House Bill No. 4296 was filed with the Secretary of State September 19, 2023, and became 2023 PA 123, Imd. Eff.
Sept. 19, 2023.
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