S 1080
114th Congress
Senate
Law
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Supreme Court
Protect Marriage from the Courts Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protect Marriage from the Courts Act of 2015
Prohibits federal courts from having jurisdiction to adjudicate or enforce any claim pertaining to the validity, under the U.S. Constitution, of a state law or a state administrative or judicial decision that: (1) defines marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman, or (2) refuses state recognition of, or allows the state to refuse recognition of, same-sex marriages performed and licensed in other states.
Allows final judgments entered by federal courts before the enactment of this Act to remain binding on the parties to the case, but persons who are not a party to such a case are not obligated to comply with such decisions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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