Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
January 7, 2010
Bill Granting Employment Benefits to Same-Sex Partners Passes Senate Committee
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009
H.R. 2517, S. 1102, 12/16/2009
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee has passed the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, which would allow federal employees to give their same-sex partners health insurance, life insurance, government pensions, and other employment related benefits and obligations that are available to heterosexual married couples.
The Committee approval came less than a month after a similar bill passed the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform by a vote of 23-12. The Senate approved its own version of the bill by a vote of 8 to1.
The legislation would provide domestic partner benefits for…
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