HB 477 (2010) -  Domestic Partnerships

by Steinberg (CO-SPONSORS) Abruzzo; Brandenburg; Clarke-Reed; Gibbons; Heller; Jenne; Kriseman; Pafford; Porth; Rader; Rehwinkel Vasilinda; Schwartz; Waldman
Sets fees & costs for dissolution or registration of domestic partnership; provides applicability for state tax laws; requires DOH to examine certificates of domestic partnership & dissolution reports; requires clerk to transmit declarations of domestic partnership; authorizes DOH to issue certified copy of certain vital records to domestic partner; includes domestic partnership within domestic violence provisions; requires DOH to create & distribute forms; provides jurisdiction over partnership proceedings; requires partnership registry; requires form to be filed to form partnership & specifies contents; authorizes partners to retain surnames; provides that any privilege or responsibility granted or imposed by statute, administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other law because individual is or was related to another by marriage, or is child of either spouse, is granted on equivalent terms to domestic partners or individuals similarly related to domestic partners; provides exceptions; provides methods to prove existence of partnership when certificate is lost or unavailable.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Last Event: Died in Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee on Friday, April 30, 2010 6:59 PM

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Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee Time: 04/30/2010 - 6:59 PM Member: Committee: Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/02/2010 - 10:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee Time: 01/15/2010 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council Time: 01/15/2010 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development Time: 01/15/2010 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development Version: __
Event: H Referred to Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Time: 01/15/2010 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee Time: 01/15/2010 - 4:13 PM Member: Committee: Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 12/10/2009 - 12:46 PM Member: Steinberg Committee: Version: __