Celebration of marriage; fee.
Summary
Celebration of marriage; fee. Increases from $50 to $75 the maximum fee that may be charged by a person other than a minister who is authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Mar 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2020
How they voted
21–18
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 30, 2020
D
Democratic21
80% Yea
R
Republican19
73% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Mar 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/20)
Feb 19, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House (57-Y 42-N 1-A)
Feb 14, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
Feb 12, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
Feb 11, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
Feb 3, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Jan 30, 2020
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
Jan 30, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
Jan 27, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Jan 14, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Jan 14, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105259D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lionell Spruill
DDemocratic
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