{"id":1875160,"date":"2023-03-12T16:57:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T20:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-banning-marriages-under-age-16-passes-in-west-virginia\/"},"modified":"2023-03-12T16:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T20:58:03","slug":"bill-banning-marriages-under-age-16-passes-in-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-banning-marriages-under-age-16-passes-in-west-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill banning marriages under age 16 passes in West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-banning-marriages-under-age-16-passes-in-west-virginia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875160&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78387822\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"House advances parents' bill of rights and ban on biological males in women's sports\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The House Education and Workforce Committee advanced two bills in the wee hours of the morning Thursday that would establish a parents' bill of rights and ban biological males from competing in women's sports programs. Following a marathon markup meeting, the committee voted along party lines to advance two bills to the floor of the House of Representatives. 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(AP) \u2014 A child marriage bill is heading to the West Virginia governor&#8217;s desk after lawmakers agreed to let 16- and 17-year-olds get married with restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>The bill was passed by the House of Delegates 83-9, without any debate on Saturday. This came after the Senate approved it easily after amending an earlier House version. Republican Governor. Jim Justice has not publicly stated whether he will sign it. <\/p>\n<p>Children can legally marry in West Virginia at 16 years old with parental consent. Anyone younger than that, regardless of their age, can get married with a waiver from a judge. <\/p>\n<p>The Saturday bill that was passed would make it illegal for anyone younger than 16 to marry. The law would make it impossible for anyone between 16 and 17 to marry someone older than they are. Existing legal marriages, even those in other states, will not be affected. <\/p>\n<p>Although the Senate Judiciary Committee had rejected the bill on Wednesday night, it was believed that the bill was dead. However, the bill was voted into law. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/child-marriage-west-virginia-legislation-ecc44b342fce93e2e66eb2b8b7c6c9ed\">Sen. Charles Trump has revived it<\/a> On Thursday, the Senate floor was moved to Friday&#8217;s final vote. 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