Utah lawmaker revises bill to raise marriage age
A Utah lawmaker is currently revising his bill that proposed raising the state’s minimum marriage age to 16, and is now proposing to raise the age from 15 to 18.
Rep. Adam Gardiner, R-West Jordan, decided to modify the bill he filed in May 2017 after conducting additional research on the topic of child marriage. Gardiner plans to make the bill public later this year.
Gardiner anticipates his bill will be considered early in the next legislative session. In the interim, he is working with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to revise the code.
“This is the way society is moving,” Gardiner said. “There’s really not an excuse for child brides in the state of Utah.”
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