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SENATE BILL NO. 1114

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S1114.........................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
MARRIAGE - Amends existing law to clarify the public policy of the state of
Idaho regarding relationships as substitutes for marriage.
                                                                        
02/11    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1114
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MARRIAGE; AMENDING SECTION 32-209, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THE PUB-
  3        LIC POLICY OF THE STATE OF IDAHO REGARDING RELATIONSHIPS INTENDED AS  SUB-
  4        STITUTES FOR MARRIAGE.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section  32-209, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        32-209.  RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN OR OUT-OF-STATE MARRIAGES.  All  marriages
  9    contracted  without  this state, which would be valid by the laws of the state
 10    or country in which the same were contracted, are valid in this state,  unless
 11    they  violate the public policy of this state. Marriages that violate the pub-
 12    lic policy of this state include, but are not limited to, same-sex  marriages,
 13    and marriages entered into under the laws of another state or country with the
 14    intent to evade the prohibitions of the marriage laws of this state. It is the
 15    public  policy of the state that relationships intended as substitutes for, or
 16    the equivalent of, marriage including, but not limited to, "civil  unions"  or
 17    "domestic  partnerships,"  shall not be recognized in this state. The recogni-
 18    tion or extension to nonmarital relationships of any or all of those benefits,
 19    rights, responsibilities, or obligations that exist as a  result  of  a  legal
 20    marriage is against the public policy of this state.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                           RS 12863Cl
                                
The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that relationships
intended as substitutes for, or the equivalent of, marriage are against
the public policy of the state.






                          FISCAL IMPACT
                                
There is no fiscal impact.








Contact
            Name:     Senator Curt McKenzie
                  Phone:    332-1354
      Senator Brent Hill



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