PRINTER'S NO. 402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 434
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY COMITTA, SCHWANK, STREET, KEARNEY, COSTA, KANE,
TARTAGLIONE, SAVAL, MUTH AND L. WILLIAMS, MARCH 17, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 17, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
3 to marriage, repealing provisions relating to marriage
4 between persons of the same sex.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1704 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
9 [§ 1704. Marriage between persons of the same sex.
10 It is hereby declared to be the strong and longstanding
11 public policy of this Commonwealth that marriage shall be
12 between one man and one woman. A marriage between persons of the
13 same sex which was entered into in another state or foreign
14 jurisdiction, even if valid where entered into, shall be void in
15 this Commonwealth.]
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0402: 23-1704