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A01357 Summary:

BILL NOA01357 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRCarroll R, Zinerman, Lunsford

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§12 & 13, Dom Rel L

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Permits the witnessing and solemnization of a marriage ceremony and the issuance of a marriage license application or marriage license to be performed utilizing audio-video technology provided certain conditions are met.

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BILL NOA01357 

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01/09/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1357

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, R. CARROLL, ZINERMAN, LUNSFORD -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to permitting
 the witnessing and solemnization of a marriage ceremony and the issu-
 ance of a marriage license application or marriage license to be
 performed utilizing audio-video technology

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 12 of the domestic relations law, as amended by
 2 chapter 68 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 12. Marriage, how solemnized. 1. No particular form or ceremony is
 4 required when a marriage is solemnized as herein provided by a [clergy-
 5 man] member of the clergy or magistrate, or one-day marriage officiant
 6 as designated by a town or city clerk pursuant to section eleven-d of
 7 this article, but the parties must solemnly declare in the presence of a
 8 [clergyman] member of the clergy, magistrate, or such one-day marriage
 9 officiant and the attending witness or witnesses that they take each
 10 other as spouses. In every case, at least one witness beside the [cler-
 11 gyman] member of the clergy, magistrate, or such one-day marriage offi-
 12 ciant must be present at the ceremony.
 13 2. The witnessing or solemnizing of the ceremony is authorized to be
 14 performed utilizing audio-video technology provided that the following
 15 conditions are met:
 16 (a) the couple seeking the marriage services, shall present valid
 17 photo identification to verify identity whenever required by law during
 18 the video conference;
 19 (b) the video conference shall allow for direct interaction between
 20 the couple and the witness or witnesses and the person solemnizing the
 21 marriage;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04215-01-5

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 1 (c) the couple shall affirmatively represent that they are physically
 2 situated in the jurisdiction where the marriage is legally allowed to
 3 occur within the state;
 4 (d) the couple shall transmit by fax or electronic means a legible
 5 copy of the signed marriage license directly to the witness or witnesses
 6 and the person solemnizing the marriage on the same date it was signed;
 7 (e) the witness or witnesses and the person solemnizing the marriage
 8 shall sign the transmitted copy of the marriage license and transmit the
 9 same back to the person responsible for the marriage license; and
 10 (f) to the extent practicable, all parties shall use their best
 11 efforts to ensure the marriage license is transmitted in the most confi-
 12 dential manner and information will not be released to any third party
 13 not associated with the marriage license and marriage ceremony.
 14 3. The preceding provisions of this chapter, so far as they relate to
 15 the manner of solemnizing marriages, shall not affect marriages among
 16 the people called friends or quakers; nor marriages among the people of
 17 any other denominations having as such any particular mode of solemniz-
 18 ing marriages; but such marriages must be solemnized in the manner here-
 19 tofore used and practiced in their respective societies or denomi-
 20 nations, and marriages so solemnized shall be as valid as if this
 21 article had not been enacted.
 22 § 2. Section 13 of the domestic relations law, as amended