2023 Senate Bill 215

Children: other; marriage license as documentation of emancipation; prohibit.

A bill to amend 2001 PA 125, entitled “An act to define the rights and responsibilities of hotels and bed and breakfasts with respect to renting or leasing hotel or bed and breakfast rooms to minors,” by amending section 4 (MCL 427.304).

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Among other things, the bills make 18 the legal age to marry and prohibit marriage by people younger than 18; remove references to marriage involving a minor; eliminate marriage as an automatic factor for emancipation; and remove marriage-related exceptions from certain criminal sexual conduct prohibitions.

Introduced in the Senate

March 16, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Mark Huizenga (R-30) and 12 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Erika Geiss (D-1), Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), John Cherry (D-27), Sylvia Santana (D-2), Jeff Irwin (D-15), Sue Shink (D-14), Kevin Hertel (D-12), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11), Stephanie Chang (D-3), Ruth Johnson (R-24) and Rosemary Bayer (D-13)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

June 20, 2023

Reported without amendment

June 21, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

June 22, 2023

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Received in the House

June 22, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice