Senators restart debate over Louisiana marriage license law
Amid a court dispute that has blocked the existing statute, Louisiana lawmakers on Monday revived efforts to rewrite a state law requiring people to produce a birth certificate to get a marriage license.
A federal judge in March stopped enforcement of the 2016 law after a foreign-born U.S. citizen sued because he was unable to produce the birth document and obtain a marriage license.
A House-backed proposal to tweak the law was derailed in a Senate committee after it ran into criticism from those involved in the lawsuit. But senators unanimously agreed Monday to add into an unrelated bill language that would allow applicants who aren't able to provide a birth certificate or a social security number to get a waiver from a judge.
House Bill 439, backed 38-0 by the Senate, heads to the House for consideration.
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