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senator jackson and the aclu forced him to change direction. when we proposed the 18minimum, we knew that there were certain circumstances. we just hadn t heard them yet. reporter: the aclu argued that not all underage marriages are coercive and there s not enough data to make a decision about the issue. so they passed a new version that required a court counselor to individually interview anyone under 18 who wants to get married. and it requires all courts to track and publish data on the court s petition and ages of the people making the request. he says he s laying the ground work for more restrictions. the purpose of the data collection is to be able to look in 2019 to see where we are. reporter: he says once there s more information, another law can be proposed. in the meantime, sarah says this is a good start and she wishes she had had an individual interview when she was 15. i watch people my age having careers, building their lives, and i feel about te ....
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