West Virginia Senate Bill 368 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 15 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-18 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that conviction of an offense punishable by incarceration for more than one year prior to the marriage and without the knowledge of the other party constitutes a basis for voiding a marriage. The bill clarifies that a party to a marriage who was unaware at the time of the marriage that his or her spouse had previously been convicted of an offense punishable by incarceration for more than one year may not institute an annulment action if he or she cohabited with that spouse after becoming aware of the conviction.

Clarifying certain criminal conviction constitutes basis for voiding marriage

Sen. Donald Cookman [D]

Sen. Robert Plymale [D]

2013-03-15 - Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 2) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-18	House	To House Judiciary
2013-03-18	House	To Judiciary
2013-03-18	House	Introduced in House
2013-03-15	Senate	Ordered to House
2013-03-15	Senate	Passed Senate (Roll No. 2)
2013-03-15	Senate	Read 3rd time
2013-03-15	Senate	On 3rd reading
2013-03-14	Senate	Read 2nd time
2013-03-14	Senate	On 2nd reading
2013-03-13	Senate	Read 1st time
2013-03-13	Senate	On 1st reading
2013-03-12	Senate	Reported do pass
2013-02-25	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-02-25	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-02-25	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-02-25	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
48	3	103	Amended Code	Citation Text
48	3	105	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=368&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb368%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=368
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2013/RS/votes/senate/03-15-0002.pdf