H.B. 58

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BIGAMY REVISIONS
2 2014 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Jerry B. Anderson
5 Senate Sponsor: ____________
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the Criminal Code regarding the offense of bigamy.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . removes cohabitation with another person as an element of the offense of bigamy.
13 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14 None
15 Other Special Clauses:
16 None
17 Utah Code Sections Affected:
18 AMENDS:
19 76-7-101 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 296
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21 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22 Section 1. Section 76-7-101 is amended to read:
23 76-7-101. Bigamy -- Defense.
24 (1) A person is guilty of bigamy when, knowing he or she has a husband or wife or
25 knowing the other person has a husband or wife, the person purports to marry another person
26 [or cohabits with another person].
27 (2) Bigamy is a third degree felony [of the third degree].

28 (3) It [shall be] is a defense to a charge of bigamy that the accused reasonably believed
29 he or she and the other person were legally eligible to marry or remarry.




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as of 1-13-14 12:08 PM

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