Text of CA SCA 1 (2005)

skip to content home accessibility FAQ feedback sitemap login x Quick Search: Bill Number Bill Keyword Home Bill Information California Law Publications Other Resources My Subscriptions My Favorites Bill Information >> Bill Search >> Text Bill Text PDF2 Add To My Favorites | Version: 12/06/04 - Introduced SCA-1 Marriage.(2005-2006) Text >> Votes >> History >> Bill Analysis >> Today's Law As Amended >> Compare Versions >> Status >> Comments To Author >> Add To My Favorites >> SHARE THIS: Bill Start CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2005–2006 REGULAR SESSION Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 1 Introduced by Senator Morrow December 06, 2004 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 7.5 to Article I of the California Constitution, relating to marriage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SCA 1, as introduced, Morrow. Marriage. Existing statutory law provides that marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman. Existing statutory law further provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. This measure would amend the California Constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, as specified. The measure would further limit the provision of the rights, responsibilities, benefits, and obligations of marriage to a man and a woman, as specified. Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill Text Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2004-05 Regular Session commencing on the sixth day of December 2004, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That Section 7.5 is added to Article I thereof, to read: SEC. 7.5. (a) Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, whether contracted in this state or elsewhere. (b) The rights, responsibilities, benefits, and obligations of a marriage shall only be granted, bestowed, and conferred upon a man and a woman joined in a valid marriage, and may not be conferred upon any other union or partnership.