What's happening
This bill delays the effective date of a law on name changes upon marriage to one year after becoming law.
Why it matters
Delaying the effective date gives state agencies, courts, and local governments more time to update administrative systems and train staff. on the new name change procedures, potentially reducing confusion and errors for couples getting married.
Couples planning to marry in the next year will continue to follow the current name change process. , which may be simpler or more familiar to them, giving them time to prepare for upcoming changes.
The delay could also provide more opportunity for public awareness campaigns or legal guidance. about the new rules, ensuring that affected individuals understand their rights and obligations when the law does take effect.
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Who cares
Couples seeking name changes upon marriage
The bill would delay the underlying 2019 law’s effective date from immediately to one year after it becomes law.
Marriage license clerks
The bill would give them more time before the underlying marriage-related name-change law takes effect.
Attorneys advising on marital name changes
They would need to account for the delayed effective date when advising clients about the underlying law.
Headline styles
Delay Name Change Law
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Signed chap.78
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.450
- Substituted for A9785
- Referred to judiciary
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.104
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Delay Marriage Name Change
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Aravella Simotas
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7180
IN SENATE
January 10, 2020
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the domestic relations law and the civil rights law relating to name changes upon marriage, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the domestic relations law and the civil rights law relating to name changes upon marriage, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2505 and A.1044, is amended to read as follows:
§ 5. This act shall take effect [immediately] one year after it shall have become a law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01471-02-0
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the domestic relations law and the civil rights law relating to name changes upon marriage, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
Purpose
This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to the effective date of a chapter of the laws of 2019, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2505 and A.1044.
Summary of provisions
This legislation amends the underlying chapter by extending the effec- tive date to one year after it shall have become a law.
Justification
The Executive expressed concerns over the short implementation period of the underlying legislation while supporting its goals. This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter that addresses those concerns.
Legislative history
Chapter amendment to a chapter of the laws of 2019, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2505 and A.1044.
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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