FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1459
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVETHOMAS.
3047H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection451.022,RSMo,relatingtosamesexmarriages.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section451.022,RSMo,isrepealed,toreadasfollows:
[451.022.1.Itisthepublicpolicyofthisstatetorecognizemarriage
2 onlybetweenamanandawoman.
3 2.Anypurportedmarriagenotbetweenamanandawomanisinvalid.
4 3.Norecordershallissueamarriagelicense,excepttoamananda
5 woman.
6 4.Amarriagebetweenpersonsofthesamesexwillnotberecognized
7 foranypurposeinthisstateevenwhenvalidwherecontracted.]
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.