Thursday to raise the marriage age to 18.
The rejection leaves intact a state law that lets girls get married as young as age 13 with parental consent and sign-off from a judge. Boys a year older can marry with the same approvals.
Between 1995 and 2012, 323 girls and 46 boys under age 18 have been married, according to the state’s vital statistics.
The number of married minors has declined steadily since 1995, a year when 47 teens were wed.
It’s more common for 16- and 17-year-olds to be married in the state than 14- and 15-year-olds. Since 1995, 14 girls under age 16 were married; no boys under 16 were married during the same time frame.
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