A bill banning child marriage in Oklahoma became law on May 13 without Governor Kevin Stitt’s signature.

Nearly 10,000 Kentucky children got married from 2000 to 2015, before a new law dramatically curtailed the practice. In 2018, state Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, and advocate Donna Simmons ...

The Texas House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships took testimony on House Bill 168 on April 7, 2025. A bill to ban child marriage in Texas has passed the state’s House of ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Senate Bill, SB156, an act to increase the minimum age for marriage, has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 4-2 vote. Republican Senators Tom Pischke and Tamara ...

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Republican Sen. John Carley’s comments on the Senate floor have been clarified. KELOLAND News has asked for Carley to further clarify ...

Do 9,000 minors marry each year in California – or do 15? A discrepancy in data has contributed to the statehouse stalemate over Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris’s AB2924, a bill which would remove ...

Colorado was poised to become the 17th state to ban child marriage, but the proposal has since been rolled back at the ...