HOUSE BILL NO. 4630

June 10, 2025, Introduced by Reps. Morgan, Rheingans, Pohutsky, McFall, Hoskins, Dievendorf, Wooden, Wilson, Hope, Byrnes, Price, Rogers, Tsernoglou, Coffia, Andrews, Skaggs, Weiss, Brixie, Glanville, Mentzer, Foreman, McKinney, Longjohn, Scott and Wegela and referred to Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1897 PA 180, entitled

"An act to provide for the issuance of marriage licenses and certificates without publicity in certain cases; and to provide criminal and civil penalties for violation of this act,"

by amending section 1 (MCL 551.201), as amended by 2023 PA 122.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1. (1) When an individual desires to keep the exact date of his or her the individual's marriage to an another individual of the opposite sex a secret, the probate judge may issue, without publicity, a marriage license to any individual making application, under oath, if there is good reason expressed in the application and determined to be sufficient by the probate judge.

(2) The probate judge may authorize an order nunc pro tunc regarding the date to appear on the marriage license.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ (request no. S00781'25) or House Joint Resolution F (request no. H00781'25) of the 103rd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.