{"bill":{"bill_key":"MI-SB227-2015","title":"Family law; marriage and divorce; prohibition on same-sex marriage; remove. Amends secs. 2, 3 & 9 of 1846 RS 83 (MCL 551.2 et seq.) & repeals secs. 1 & 4 of 1846 RS 83 (MCL 551.1 & 551.4). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0229'15, SJR I'15","side":"pro","state":"MI","year":2015,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Family law; marriage and divorce; prohibition on same-sex marriage; remove. Amends secs. 2, 3 & 9 of 1846 RS 83 (MCL 551.2 et seq.) & repeals secs. 1 & 4 of 1846 RS 83 (MCL 551.1…","types_str":"Marriage Equality","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/MI/bill/SB0227/2015","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.B. 227, 98th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Mich. 2015), http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2015-SB-0227.","short":"Mich. S.B. 227."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Curtis Hertel","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-023","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-17213"},{"name":"Rebekah Warren","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-018","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2851"},{"name":"Steven Bieda","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-009","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-11468"},{"name":"James Ananich","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-027","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-11166"},{"name":"David Knezek","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-005","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-14526"}],"citations":["MCL:551.1","MCL:551.101","MCL:551.2","MCL:551.201","MI:551.101","MI:551.201"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":3504}]}}