House File 2495 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2495 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2126) A BILL FOR An Act specifying those authorized to solemnize marriages in 1 this state, and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5954HV (2) 83 pf/nh

H.F. 2495 Section 1. Section 595.10, subsection 1, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A judge of the supreme court justice , court of appeals 3 judge , or district court judge , including a district associate 4 judge, associate juvenile judge, or a judicial magistrate, 5 and including a senior judge as defined in section 602.9202, 6 subsection 3 , or a retired supreme court justice, a retired 7 court of appeals judge, a retired district court judge, or a 8 retired judicial magistrate . 9 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill authorizes, in addition to those judges already 13 authorized to solemnize marriages, retired supreme court 14 justices, retired court of appeals judges, retired district 15 court judges, and retired judicial magistrates to solemnize 16 marriages in this state. The bill takes effect upon enactment. 17 -1- LSB 5954HV (2) 83 pf/nh 1/ 1