2025 Senate Bill 287

Family law: marriage and divorce; authority to solemnize marriage; modify.

A bill to amend 1846 RS 83, entitled “Of marriage and the solemnization thereof,” by amending section 16 (MCL 551.16), as amended by 2006 PA 419.

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Senate Bills 285, 286 & 287 expand the list of individuals authorized to solemnize marriages in Michigan to include civil celebrants and state legislators, with specific fee structures for mayors and county clerks.

Introduced in the Senate

May 7, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Veronica Klinefelt (D-11)

Referred to the Committee on Local Government