Covenant Marriage Bill Fails to Pass in 80th Texas Legislative Session
House Bill 180, also known as the "covenant marriage" bill failed to pass during the 80th Legislature's regular session, which closed just after Memorial Day weekend. The bill would have created two classes of marriage. Couples would have been required tochoose between a covenant marriage, where obtaining a divorce would require more procedural hoops, or a regular marriage. The bill was purportedly drafted to reduce the number of divorce filings in the state's civil courts.
