FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 266
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KLARICH.
Offered February 23, 1999.
Senate Substitute adopted, February 23, 1999.
Taken up for Perfection February 23, 1999. Bill declared Perfected and Ordered Printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S1214.02P
AN ACT
To repeal section 451.022, RSMo Supp. 1998, relating to marriage, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 451.022, RSMo Supp. 1998, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 451.022, to read as follows:
[451.022. 1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid.
3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman.]451.022. 1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid.
3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman.
4. A marriage between persons of the same sex will not be recognized for any purpose in this state even when valid where contracted.