Recognizing Relationships
Position: support
Status: The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee but did not advance out of the House.
Bill: HB 2482
The bill provides that same-sex couples who have married in other states can register as domestic partners under state law. Washington already recognizes civil unions and domestic partnerships formed by couples in other states. This measure revises state law to ensure that couples married elsewhere have the legal rights and responsibilities granted by our "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law adopted in 2009. Regrettably, under Washington's Defense of Marriage Act, out-of-state same-sex marriages still cannot be recognized as marriages.
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