SENATE, No. 926

By Mr. Hedlund (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 926) of Owen O'Malley for legislation to clarify the status of same-sex marriages performed under public authority in Massachusetts since May 17, 2004.. The Judiciary.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

AN ACT clarifying the status of same-sex marriages performed under public authority in Massachusetts since may 17, 2004.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. It is hereby declared that all same-sex marriages performed under public authority in Massachusetts since May 17, 2004, excepting the plaintiffs in the Goodridge case, are without statutory basis; and no other marriage performed in Massachusetts will be considered legally binding which is not established by Massachusetts statute, not withstanding licensing through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, or city or town clerk.