Amends TCA Section 36-3-301.
ON APRIL 4, 2019, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 213, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 additionally authorizes duly appointed law enforcement chaplains and members of the legislative body of any municipality to solemnize marriages.<br /> <br /> Under present law, in order to solemnize the rite of matrimony, a minister, preacher, pastor, priest, rabbi or other spiritual leader must be ordained or otherwise designated in conformity with the customs of a church, temple or other religious group or organization; and such customs must provide for such ordination or designation by a considered, deliberate, and responsible act. Present law deems as valid a marriage officiated by a minister prior to June 1, 1999, where the minister's ordination failed to meet these requirements. <br /> <br /> This amendment prohibits persons receiving online ordinations from solemnizing the rite of matrimony, and revises the above-described grandfathering provision to deem as valid a marriage that was officiated before July 1, 2019, by a minister who does not meet the above-described ordination requirements of present law or this amendment. <br /> <br /> ON APRIL 11, 2019, THE HOUSE FURTHER CONSIDERED HOUSE BILL 213, AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT #1, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 213, AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #2 requires members of the general assembly who want to solemnize marriage to opt in by filing notice of the member's intention with the office of vital records. This amendment also removes the authorization for former members of the general assembly to solemnize marriage.<br /> <br />
ON APRIL 4, 2019, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 213, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 additionally authorizes duly appointed law enforcement chaplains and members of the legislative body of any municipality to solemnize marriages.<br /> <br /> Under present law, in order to solemnize the rite of matrimony, a minister, preacher, pastor, priest, rabbi or other spiritual leader must be ordained or otherwise designated in conformity with the customs of a church, temple or other religious group or organization; and such customs must provide for such ordination or designation by a considered, deliberate, and responsible act. Present law deems as valid a marriage officiated by a minister prior to June 1, 1999, where the minister's ordination failed to meet these requirements. <br /> <br /> This amendment prohibits persons receiving online ordinations from solemnizing the rite of matrimony, and revises the above-described grandfathering provision to deem as valid a marriage that was officiated before July 1, 2019, by a minister who does not meet the above-described ordination requirements of present law or this amendment. <br /> <br /> ON APRIL 11, 2019, THE HOUSE FURTHER CONSIDERED HOUSE BILL 213, AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT #1, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 213, AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #2 requires members of the general assembly who want to solemnize marriage to opt in by filing notice of the member's intention with the office of vital records. This amendment also removes the authorization for former members of the general assembly to solemnize marriage.<br /> <br />
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