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Arizona HB 2543/SB 1397

Would permit gay, lesbian or straight couples to register as domestic partners and receive a limited bundle of rights, including hospital visitation, emergency medical decision-making, and inheritance.

Arkansas HB 2176

Would prohibit a county or municipality from creating a domestic partnership registry or other certification process recognizing a domestic partner relationship not recognized by the state constitution. Existing laws creating such registries would be void.

Colorado HB 1260

Would add permit couples (gay, lesbian, or heterosexual) to enter into “designated beneficiary agreements”.

Florida HB 1067/SB 1642

Would permit couples to register as domestic partners and receive the rights and responsibilities provided to married spouses under state law.

California HR 5/SR 7

Would state the legislature’s opposition to Proposition 8 on the grounds that it was an improper revision, not an amendment, of the state constitution, and was improperly enacted.

Colorado SB 88

Would add “domestic partners” to the list of dependents eligible for coverage under state employee group benefit plans.

Idaho SB 1118

Would require group insurers that provide coverage for spouses of insured persons to also make coverage available for domestic partners of insured person, if requested by employers.

Illinois HB 2234

Would permit couples, lesbian, gay or heterosexual, to enter into civil unions and receive the rights and responsibilities given to married couples under state law.

Maine LD 1118

Would expand existing law to provide registered domestic partners with the same rights and responsibilities granted to spouses under state law.

Maryland HB 902

Would have required employers in the state that are subjected to the FMLA to provide the same leave that an eligible employee would receive under the FMLA with regard to a domestic partner or the child of a domestic partner.

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