SB 359 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2834
05/08
SENATE BILL 359
AN ACT raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age.
SPONSORS: Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Long, Hills. 23; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. O'Neil, Rock. 29; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18 years of age.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2834
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT raising the age of marriage to 18 years of age.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Marriageable. Amend RSA 457:4 to read as follows:
457:4 Marriageable. No person below the age of [16] 18 years shall be capable of contracting a valid marriage, and all marriages contracted by such persons shall be null and void.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.