Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6; Title 36, Chapter 3 and Title 68, Chapter 3.

Present law requires the department of health to make and amend regulations necessary for the creation and efficient performance of an adequate system of vital records, and give instructions and prescribe forms for collecting, transcribing, compiling and preserving vital records. This bill requires the department to do the same for a marriage license application form that may be used by applicants who meet the requirements of this bill, as an alternative to any marriage license application form that is in use by the office of vital records on June 30, 2024. Further, the department must also do the same for a marriage license form, to be used with a marriage license application form that meets the requirements of this bill. The form created pursuant to this bill, in addition to providing for the collection of vital information regarding conditions precedent to the issuance of marriage license, must clearly state in the instructions and on the form the following information: (1) Only a female applicant may be listed on this form as the bride and only a male applicant may be listed on this form as the groom; (2) Applicants meeting the requirements of this bill may use either this form or any other existing marriage license application form used by the office of vital records; and (3) The form may not be used by applicants that do not meet the requirements of this bill. Moreover, this bill prohibits a county clerk from recording and certifying a marriage license created pursuant to this bill if the license was used to solemnize a marriage between persons who do not meet this bill's requirements.