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The Utah Senate has moved to approve a bill that would reclassify polygamy among consenting adults from a felony offense to an infraction.
The bill -- which applies to all defendants with more than one spouse and not just to those in the polygamous communities -- would effectively decriminalize bigamy only for consenting adults who are otherwise obeying the law. Bigamy would remain a felony when it is accompanied by another crime, such as fraud or coercion.
Under current law, people are guilty of third-degree felony bigamy if they hold multiple marriage licenses or if, when already married, they live with another consenting adult in a marriage-like relationship and "purport" to be married.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/02/17/Utah-moves-to-decriminalize-polygamy/5231581951660/?tt=3
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