| Bill Number: |
SB 54 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Re-referred to Judiciary Committee |
| Sponsor(s): |
Leno |
This bill would provide that a marriage between 2 persons of the same sex contracted outside this state that would be valid by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted is valid in this state if the marriage was contracted prior to November 5, 2008. It would also specify that 2 persons of the same sex who contracted a marriage on or after November 5, 2008 that would be valid by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, as specified, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses, with the sole exception of the designation of “marriage.”
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