Text of PA HB 1703 (2019)
In miscellaneous provisions relating to marriage, repealing provisions relating to marriage between persons of the same sex.
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PRINTER'S NO. 2295
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1703
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KENYATTA, BURGOS, SOLOMON, FRANKEL, KINSEY,
DONATUCCI, RABB, HANBIDGE, SIMS, WARREN, WILLIAMS, HILL-
EVANS, WEBSTER, D. MILLER, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, OTTEN AND
SCHLOSSBERG, JULY 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 8, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
to marriage, repealing provisions relating to marriage
between persons of the same sex.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1704 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
[§ 1704. Marriage between persons of the same sex.
It is hereby declared to be the strong and longstanding
public policy of this Commonwealth that marriage shall be
between one man and one woman. A marriage between persons of the
same sex which was entered into in another state or foreign
jurisdiction, even if valid where entered into, shall be void in
this Commonwealth.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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