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Legislation repealing a civl war ear law that prevents two adults from living together out of wedlock cleared a key Senate Committee today and is poised for a vote by the full Senate. Lawmakers worried keeping the cohabitation statute on the books could be used to get search warrants or by divorcing parents to punish one another. Sponsor Eleanor Sobel of Broward County says the repeal is long overdue.

“We’re a lot behind the times. this bill went into effect in 1868, right after the Civil war. It’s time for us to repeal this ban on co-habitation, which leads to possible getting fines and misdemeanors, and you never know when somebody is going to get a fine for something related together” says Sobel.

Sobel has been married to the same man for 49 years.