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Last month, House Bill 479 was introduced to the Vermont legislature. If passed, the legislation would make it illegal to perform or recognize same-gender marriages in Vermont. Fifty-six representatives co-sponsored the bill introduced by George Schiavone of Shelburne. Following is a list of the sponsors and the text of H.479.
Starr of Troy
Allard of St. Albans Town
Atkins of Winooski
Baker of West Rutland
Barney of Highgate
Blanchard of Essex
Bourdeau of Hyde Park
Brown of Walden
Buckland of Newport Town
Clark of St. Johnsbury
Cleland of Northfield
DePoy of Rutland City
Dominick of Starksboro
Flory of Pittsford
Fyfe of Newport City
Gervais of Enosburg
Gray of Barre Town
Gretkowski of Burlington
Hathaway of Barton
Helm of Castleton
Hoag of Woodford
Holmes of Bethel
Houston of Ferrisburg
Howrigan of Fairfield
Hudson of Lyndon
Krawczyk of Bennington
Larocque of Barnet
Larrabee of Danville
Lehman of Hartford
Marron of Stowe
Maslack of Poultney
Mazur of South Burlington
McGrath of Ferrisburg
McNamara of Burlington
Morrissey of Bennington
Mullin of Rutland Town
O'Donnell of Vernon
Palmer of Pownal
Peaslee of Guildhall
Pembroke of Bennington
Pike of Mendon Pratt of Castleton
Quaid of Williston
Randall of Bradford
Richardson of Weathersfield
Schaefer of Colchester
Sheltra of Derby
Sherman of St. Johnsbury
Smith of New Haven
Sweetser of Essex
Towne of Berlin
Valsangiacomo of Barre City
Willett of St. Albans City
Winters of Williamstown
Wood of Brandon
Young of Orwell
Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to clarify existing law concerning marriage.
AN ACT RELATING TO CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING LAWS CONCERNING MARRIAGE
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. 1. 15 V.S.A. § 1 is amended to read:
§ 1. MAN FORBIDDEN TO MARRY RELATIVES OR ANOTHER MAN
A man shall not marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's sister *[or]*, mother's sister or another man.
Sec. 2. 15 V.S.A. § 2 is amended to read:
§ 2. WOMAN FORBIDDEN TO MARRY RELATIVES OR ANOTHER WOMAN
A woman shall not marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, brother, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother *[or]*, mother's brother or another woman.
Sec. 3. 15 V.S.A. § 5 is amended to read:
§ 5. MARRIAGE ENTERED INTO IN ANOTHER STATE
(a) If a person residing and intending to continue to reside in this state is prohibited from contracting marriage under the laws of this state and such person goes into another state or country and there contracts a marriage prohibited and declared void by the laws of this state, such marriage shall be null and void for all purposes in this state.
(b) This state shall not give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state or jurisdiction regarding legal marriage that does not also meet the requirements of sections 1 and 2 of this chapter.
