SB 5688 - Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights - Washington Key Vote
Ed Orcutt voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 18, 2009
- House Bill Passed
- April 15, 2009
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 10, 2009
- Introduced
- Jan. 28, 2009
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Title: Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
Signed by Governor Chris Gregoire
Title: Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that expands domestic partnership rights, so as to ensure that for all purposes under state law, domestic partners shall be treated equally as married spouses, with the exception of statutes related to marriage contracts.
Highlights:
-Requires the terms "spouse," "marriage," "marital," "husband," "wife," "next of kin," "widow," "widower," and "family," when specified in the state code, be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships and, where necessary to implement this Act, be construed as gender neutral, except for chapter 26.04 which concerns marriage contracts (Secs. 3-199). -Extends various rights, privileges, benefits, and responsibilities to domestic partnerships, including, but not limited to, the following (Secs. 1-199):
- -Adoption rights;
-Child custody and child support rights and responsibilities;
-Insurance rights;
-Utilization of sick leave to care for a partner;
-Unemployment benefits coverage;
-Disability insurance coverage;
-Industrial insurance (workers compensation) coverage; and
-All privileges, immunities, rights, benefits, and responsibilities granted by state agencies.
Title: Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that expands domestic partnership rights, so as to ensure that for all purposes under state law, domestic partners shall be treated equally as married spouses, with the exception of statutes related to marriage contracts.
Highlights:
-Requires the terms "spouse," "marriage," "marital," "husband," "wife," "next of kin," "widow," "widower," and "family," when specified in the state code, be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships and, where necessary to implement this Act, be construed as gender neutral, except for chapter 26.04 which concerns marriage contracts (Secs. 3-199). -Extends various rights, privileges, benefits, and responsibilities to domestic partnerships, including, but not limited to, the following (Secs. 1-199):
- -Adoption rights;
-Child custody and child support rights and responsibilities;
-Insurance rights;
-Utilization of sick leave to care for a partner;
-Unemployment benefits coverage;
-Disability insurance coverage;
-Industrial insurance (workers compensation) coverage; and
-All privileges, immunities, rights, benefits, and responsibilities granted by state agencies.
Title: Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
- Lisa J. Brown (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Darlene Fairley (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosa Franklin (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Karen Fraser (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Hobbs (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Fred Jarrett (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Claudia Kauffman (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Karen L. Keiser (WA - D)
- Derek Kilmer (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Adam Kline (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeanne E. Kohl-Welles (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rosemary A. McAuliffe (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph 'Joe' McDermott (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward B. 'Ed' Murray (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eric Oemig (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Margarita Prentice (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Craig A. Pridemore (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin M. Ranker (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Regala (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney Tom (WA - D) (Out Of Office)
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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.