raising the minimum age for marriage.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 3, 2019
Last action Jun 16, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2020
How they voted
207–130
Passed · 47 other
Total votes 384
Mar 11, 2020
D
Democratic228
84% Yea
R
Republican156
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Jun 16, 2020
Introduced
Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/16/2020; SJ 8
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-1142h: MA RC 207-132 03/11/2020 HJ 7 P. 86
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced
Amendment # 2020-1085h: AF RC 113-230 03/11/2020 HJ 7 P. 77
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2020-1085h for 03/11/2020 (Vote 13-5; RC) HC 10 P. 34
lower
Dec 3, 2019
Introduced
Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 25
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cassandra Levesque
DDemocratic
Co
Cindy Rosenwald
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Feltes
DDemocratic
Co
David Watters
DDemocratic
Co
DM
Dennis M. Ruprecht
DDemocratic
Co
Ellen Read
DDemocratic
Co
FG
Francesca G. Diggs
DDemocratic
Co
JA
Joshua Adjutant
DDemocratic
Co
Mary Jane Mulligan
DDemocratic
Co
Rosemarie Rung
DDemocratic
Co
SW
Safiya Wazir
DDemocratic
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