Pending Legislation Related To Same-Sex Couples

Updated May 15, 2010

Michael Ginsborg, MLS
Posted at Proposition 8 and the Right to Marry
(See also HRC Report on 2009 Legistation Still Pending)

United States

Federal

• Every Child Deserves a Family Act

• Respect for Marriage Act of 2009
• Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009
• Uniting American Families Act of 2009. H.R.1024
• Uniting American Families Act of 2009. S.424
• Reuniting Families Act
• Every Child Deserves a Family Act
• Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009
• [D.C. Referendum on Marriage], S.2980 (2010)
• District of Columbia Referendum on Marriage Act of 2010, H.R.4430
• Marriage Protection Act of 2009
• Proposed U.S. Constitution Marriage Protection Amendment (2009)

States - Enacted

• California Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages (enacted 2009)

States _ Pending

• Arizona HB 2148 (banning gay adoption)

• California SB 906 ("Civil Marriage Religious Freedom Act")
• California AB 2700(termination of marriages involving domestic partners)
• Florida S.232 / Florida H .477 ("all-but-marriage" domestic partnerships despite
state's super-DOMA)
• D.C. Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009
• Kentucky BR 93 (filed before 2010 Regular Session for public discussion)
• Maryland SB 852 (banning out-of-state recognition)
• Maryland HB 1532 / SB 1120 (banning out-of-state recognition)
• Maryland SB 1079 (super-DOMA amendment)
• Maryland Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act (SB 582 / HB 808)
• Maryland HB 1176 / HB 1279 (constitutional amendment for marriage equality)
• Minnesota SF1210 and SF 120 / HF1644 and HF 893 (reversing DOMA)
• Minnesota SF 1548 / SF1732 / HF1729 / HF1740 (out-of-state recognition)
• Minnesota SF 431 ("Final Wishes/Wrongful Death - Project 515 update)
• New Mexico SJR 1 (amendment to ban same-sex marriage)
• New Mexico HB 121 (DOMA)
• Maryland H.B. 90 (would bar recognition of out-of-state, same-sex marriages
• Michigan H.J.R. NN to repeal Michigan's super-DOMA amendment (Art. 1, § 25)
• Michigan HB 5587 amending Michigan marriage statute on to allow same-sex
marriage
• Michigan HB 5588 amending Michigan law on recognition of out-of-state marriages
 • North Carolina SB 1156 (super-DOMA)
• Ohio H. J. R. No. 7 to repeal Ohio's super-DOMA amendment (Art. XV, § 11)
• Pennsylvania SB 935 (marriage equality)
• Pennsylvania "Marriage Protection Amendment" proposal
• Rhode Island HB 5744 (marriage equality)
• Rhode Island HB 7990 (divorce)
• Texas HJR131 to repeal state's super-DOMA amendment (Art. I, Sec.32)
• Virginia HJ 55 (to repeal super-DOMA amendment)
• Washington HB 2482 (recognizing out-of-state, same-sex marriages)
• West Virginia (HJR 5 / HJR 24 / HJR 111 /SJR 3 / SJR 5 / SJR 14*) (same-sex
marriage ban or super-DOMA amendment)

States - Recently Defeated or Indefinitely Postponed

• Hawaii HB 444 (civil unions)

• Indiana S.J.R. 13 / ndiana H.J.R. 5 and H.J.R. 7 (super-DOMA amendment) (status)
• Iowa S.J.R. 2001 / Iowa H.J.R. 2001 (super-DOMA amendment) (status)
• Maryland HB 90 / Maryland SB 852 (banning out-of-state recognition)
• New Hampshire H.B. 1590, "An Act Repealing Same Sex Marriage"
• New Hampshire CACR 28 (amendment to ban same-sex marriage)
• New Jersey Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act (A2978/S1967)
• New Mexico SB 183 (domestic partnerships)
• New Mexico HJR 8 (amendment to ban same-sex marriage)
• New York Marriage Equality Legislation (S.4401 / A.07732)
• Pennsylvania SB 707 (amendment to ban same-sex marriage) (status)

Other Countries

• Parliament of Australia: Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009
(status)
• Ireland Civil Partnership Bill 2009