| 1 | 1 | | H.B. 543 |
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| 2 | 2 | | LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL |
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| 3 | 3 | | 6 Approved for Filing: J. Carlton 6 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 6 02-22-23 11:12 AM 6 |
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| 5 | 5 | | H.B. 543 |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1 MARRIAGE MODIFICATIONS |
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| 7 | 7 | | 2 2023 GENERAL SESSION |
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| 8 | 8 | | 3 STATE OF UTAH |
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| 9 | 9 | | 4 Chief Sponsor: Anthony E. Loubet |
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| 10 | 10 | | 5 Senate Sponsor: ____________ |
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| 11 | 11 | | 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | 7LONG TITLE |
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| 13 | 13 | | 8General Description: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 9 This bill addresses interracial marriages. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 10Highlighted Provisions: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 11 This bill: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 12 <addresses the validation and recognition of interracial marriages; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 13 <makes technical and conforming changes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 14Money Appropriated in this Bill: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 15 None |
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| 21 | 21 | | 16Other Special Clauses: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 17 None |
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| 23 | 23 | | 18Utah Code Sections Affected: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 19REPEALS AND REENACTS: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 20 30-1-2.2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1995, Chapter 20 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 21 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 22Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 23 Section 1. Section 30-1-2.2 is repealed and reenacted to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 24 30-1-2.2. Recognition and validation of interracial marriages. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 25 (1) A marriage between two individuals may not be deemed invalid or prohibited |
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| 31 | 31 | | 26solely on the basis of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 27 (2) This state, or a political subdivision of this state, may not deny a right or claim |
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| 33 | 33 | | *HB0543* H.B. 543 02-22-23 11:12 AM |
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| 34 | 34 | | - 2 - |
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| 35 | 35 | | 28arising from a valid and legal marriage between two individuals solely on the basis of the race, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 29ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 30 (3) A marriage between two individuals that was not valid or legal before July 1, 1965, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 31solely on the basis of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals is considered |
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| 39 | 39 | | 32valid and legal in this state. |
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