Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:23:33 -0700 From: Adam Mark Lederer The following is the bill pre-filed in the Wyoming legislature. (Page 1 starts here) 1997 State of Wyoming 97LSO-0333 HOUSE BILL NO. HB0094 Invalidity of same sex marriages. Sponsored by: Representative(s) ANDERSON,R, BAKER, BEBOUT, GARCIA, HINCHEY, HUCKFELDT, TOMASSI and WILLFORD and Senator(s) CATHCART, ERB, GEIS, MILLER and ZIMMERMAN A BILL for 1 AN ACT relating to domestic relations; creating an exception 2 to the provision that all marriages validly contracted 3 outside of this state are valid in Wyoming; providing that 4 marriages between persons of the same sex are void; and 5 providing for an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 8 9 Section 1. W.S. 20-1-111 and 20-2-101(a) by creating a 10 new paragraph (iv) are amended to read: 11 12 20-1-111. Foreign marriages. 13 14 All marriage contracts which are valid by the laws of the 15 state orcountry in which contracted are valid in this (Page 2 Starts here) 1 state, except marriages which are void under W.S. 2 20-2-101(a)(iv). 3 4 20-2-101. Void and voidable marriages defined; 5 annulments. 6 7 (a) Marriages contracted in Wyoming are void without 8 any decree of divorce: 9 10 (iv) When the persons are of the same sex. 11 12 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon 13 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law 14 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming 15 Constitution. 16 17 (END) Page 2 This document's URL: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/97sessin/hbills/hb0094.htm Wyoming State Legislature URL: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/ Wyoming State Legislature 1997 Session Info: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/97sessin/billif97.htm All Wyoming State Legislature sites are best viewed through Netscape 3.0 and above. FYI--A "House Bill" starts in the state House, a bill in the state senate is known as "Senate File." A -- Stingray@UWyo.edu Adam Mark Lederer http://plains.uwyo.edu/~stingray/ Graduate Student University of Wyoming Political Science Laramie, Wyoming Environment & Natural Resources ************************************************** * To post, send email to MARRIAGE@abacus.oxy.edu * **************************************************