Tallahassee, Fla., Jan 16, 2018 / 00:00 am
A bill presented to the Florida House of Representatives on Jan. 8 would require couples to review a state-published "Healthy Marriage Guide" before tying the knot.
"The statistics have been staggering over the years for divorces and kind of the subsequent problems that go along with that, like children who don't have families that are put together," said Republican Representative, Clay Yarborough, according to CBS 47.
Yarborough introduced the bill to the state House days after Republican Kelli Stargel introduced a version of it to the Senate.
The legislation would establish the Marriage Education Committee, who will be appointed by Florida's Senate president, state speaker of the house, and the state's governor. The six-person committee would develop the guide, serving a maximum term of one year.