SF 4394

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/29/2024 04:54pm

A bill for an act
relating to civil law; directing the revisor of statutes to update terms used in statute.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
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new text begin The revisor of statutes shall change the terms "husband," "wife," "husband and wife,"
and "husband or wife" to "spouse," "spouses," or a similar gender-neutral term wherever
the terms appear in Minnesota Statutes, unless the context indicates that the previous term
should remain. The revisor of statutes shall also make grammatical changes related to the
changes in terms.
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