Text of FL S 254 (2019)
Marriage Equality
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Florida Senate - 2019 SB 254
By Senator Farmer
34-00653-19 2019254__
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; providing
16 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 Section 741.212, Florida Statutes, is repealed.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 is directed to
22 prepare a reviser’s bill for the 2020 Regular Session of the
23 Legislature to change the terms “husband” and “wife” to
24 “spouse,” the term “husband and wife” to “spouses,” and the term
25 “husband or wife” to “either spouse” wherever those terms appear
26 in the Florida Statutes.
27 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.