Became P.L.2025, c.222, on January 12, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 583
Permits deputy county clerks and municipal clerks to perform marriages and civil unions.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 9
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 18, 2025
Its course
January 9, 2024 to January 12, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 7 days
In the General AssemblyJan 9 to Dec 19345 days
JudiciaryJan 9 to Oct 24 · moved on289 days
Regulated ProfessionsOct 24 to Oct 240 days
In the SenateDec 19 to Dec 18364 days
Community and Urban AffairsJan 14 to Nov 10300 days
With the GovernorDec 18 to Jan 1225 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading70–2
Passed · Dec 19
Community and Urban Affairs4–0
Do pass · Nov 10, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Benjie E. Wimberly, Brian P. Stack, Owen Henry, Troy Singleton
Not voting Holly T. Schepisi
Senate, third reading38–0
Passed · Dec 18, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 24
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 9 – Dec 19
- Jan 9Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Judiciary
- Oct 24Sent to Regulated Professions
- Regulated Professions recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 19Passed the General Assembly, 70 to 2
In the Senate Jan 14, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025
- Jan 14, 2025Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Community and Urban Affairs
- Nov 10, 2025Community and Urban Affairs recommended it
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 38 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.222