---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM AGE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO MARRY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM AGE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO MARRY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6569"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6569 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belton, Kai J.", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Brown, Kevin", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Callahan, Patrick E.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Chafee, Brandon", "Chaleski, Rachel", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Currey, Jeff", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Elliott, Josh", "Farrar, Kate", "Flexer, Mae", "Fortier, Mary", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gaston, Herron", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Howard, Greg S.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Johnson, Dominique", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Keitt, Sarah", "Khanna, Rachel", "Kissel, John A.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Kushner, Julie", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Maher, Ceci", "Marx, Martha", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Pizzuto, William", "Polletta, Joe", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Quinn, Michael D", "Rahman, Md", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Sanchez, Emmanuel", "Simms, Travis", "Smith, Frank", "Somers, Heather S.", "Turco, Gary A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f1d4653-8d97-48fd-b8f9-ee3e40c7a26a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "afc94fe0cc481ec8446b8c33682625062251c19790c517d4aea855c43f1e329c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 6569 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM AGE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO MARRY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 577** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06569-R000577-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06569-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-44** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00044-R00HB-06569-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06569-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Belton, Kai J. — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Brown, Kevin — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Chafee, Brandon — primary (person)
- Chaleski, Rachel — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Fortier, Mary — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Dominique — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Keitt, Sarah — primary (person)
- Khanna, Rachel — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Maher, Ceci — primary (person)
- Marx, Martha — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Polletta, Joe — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Quinn, Michael D — primary (person)
- Rahman, Md — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Emmanuel — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-31** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2023-03-27** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-13** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 348
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 577
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 438
- **2023-06-02** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-06** PUBLIC ACT 23-44
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f1d4653-8d97-48fd-b8f9-ee3e40c7a26a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).