Text of FL S 1147 (2017)
Marriage Equality
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Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1174
By Senator Farmer
34-01143-17 20171174__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to marriage equality; repealing s.
3 741.212, F.S., relating to marriages between persons
4 of the same sex; removing a prohibition on the
5 recognition of marriages entered into between persons
6 of the same sex in this state, another state, or
7 another jurisdiction, either domestic or foreign;
8 removing a prohibition on giving effect to any public
9 act, record, or judicial proceeding of another
10 jurisdiction respecting a marriage or relationship not
11 recognized in this state or a claim arising from such
12 a marriage or relationship; removing the definition of
13 the term “marriage,” which limits marriage only to a
14 legal union between one man and one woman; providing a
15 directive to the Division of Law Revision and
16 Information; providing an effective date.
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18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20 Section 1. Section 741.212, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
21 Section 2. The Division of Law Revision and Information is
22 directed to prepare a reviser’s bill for the 2018 Regular
23 Session of the Legislature to change the terms “husband” and
24 “wife” to “spouse,” the term “husband and wife” to “spouses,”
25 and the term “husband or wife” to “either spouse” wherever those
26 terms appear in the Florida Statutes.
27 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.