Concerned that Idaho’s lack of a minimum age for marriage may create a destination for the human trafficking of children, a Boise lawmaker introduced a bill to establish an age requirement for marriage in the state.

Rep. Melissa Wintrow, reminded the Idaho House Judiciary Rules and Administration Committee the state has no minimum age requirement for marriage.

All that would be required, according to the Idaho Press, would be parental consent, a court order and a physical exam.

The Post Register reported in June, Idaho has the highest rate per capita of child marriage in the nation.

Wintrow’s bill would ban marriage for children younger than 16. It adds language to the state statute requiring 16- and 17-year-olds to “freely and knowingly consent” to the marriage, as well.

The committee voted unanimously to introduce the bill.