{"bill":{"bill_key":"MI-SB229-2015","title":"Family law; marriage and divorce; prohibition on same-sex marriage; remove from foreign marriage act. Amends sec. 1 of 1939 PA 168 (MCL 551.271) & repeals sec. 2 of 1939 PA 168 (MCL 551.272). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0227'15, 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 from foreign marriage act. Amends sec. 1 of 1939 PA 168 (MCL 551.271) & repeals sec. 2 of 1939 PA 168 (M…","types_str":"Marriage Equality","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/MI/bill/SB0229/2015","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.B. 229, 98th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Mich. 2015), http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2015-SB-0229.","short":"Mich. S.B. 229."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Virgil Smith","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-004","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-11474"},{"name":"Rebekah Warren","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-018","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2851"},{"name":"Curtis Hertel","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-023","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-17213"},{"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"},{"name":"Vincent Gregory","party":"D","state":"MI","district":"SD-011","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-2790"}],"citations":["MCL:551.271","MCL:551.272","MI:551.1"],"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":2170}]}}