New Tennessee laws taking effect July 1

[underpants]

1. I've got to check on new Virginia laws

Child marriages

This law clarifies that a marriage license cannot be issued for an applicant who is under the age of 17 and defines "parent" for purposes of parental consent to marriage of a minor.

The legislation also would delete the "obsolete requirement" that a minor's marriage license application be mailed to the parent of the minor and held for three days before the license is issued. This comes after a law signed by former Gov. Bill Haslam in 2018 that outlawed anyone under 17 from marrying in Tennessee.

Cock fighting

This law would would make possession, owning, selling, transferring or manufacturing cock fighting paraphernalia with intent that the items will be utilized in promoting, facilitating, training for or furthering cock fighting a Class A misdemeanor.