From: Facessd@aol.com Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 12:21:08 -0500 Subject: Text of South Dakota Marriage Bill The following is the text of House Bill 1143 in South Dakota as proposed. It has been referred to the House State Affairs Committee. Those needing a listing and information about members of the South Dakota House or the member of the House State Affairs Committee, please write Facessd@aol.com or Barry Wick, Executive Director, 13121 South Creekview Road, Rapid City, SD 57702, Phone 605-343-5577, Fax 605-394-8962. State of South Dakota Seventy-first session Lessgilative Assembly, 1996 646x0667 House Bill 1143 Introduced by: Representatives Hunt, Fitzgerald, Hassard, Koskan, Madden, Matthews, Monroe, Napoli, Ries, Strand, Van Gerpen, Waltman, and Weber and Senators Mell Olson, Johnson, Lange, Lawler, Rounds, and Schoenbeck FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the definition of marriage> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: That 25-1-1 be amended to read as follows: 25-1-1. Marriage is a personal relation, [ adding the words "between a man and a woman"], arising out of a civil contract to which the consent of parties capble of making it is necessary. Consent alone [ striking out the word "will"] [adding the word "does"] not constitute a marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization.