Assembly Actions -
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Jun 24, 2011 |
signed chap.95 delivered to governor returned to assembly passed senate message of necessity ordered to third reading cal.1545 |
Jun 15, 2011 |
delivered to senate passed assembly message of necessity - 3 day message ordered to third reading rules cal.320 rules report cal.320 reported reported referred to rules |
Jun 14, 2011 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A8354
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Deborah Glick
Matthew Titone
Micah Kellner
multi-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
William Boyland
Alec Brook-Krasny
Ronald Canestrari
2011-A8354 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Domestic Relations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §§10-a & 10-b, amd §§13 & 11, Dom Rel L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A8354
2011-A8354 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8354 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 14, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, GOTTFRIED, GLICK, TITONE, KELLNER, BRONSON, J. RIVERA, SILVER, FARRELL, SAYWARD, LENTOL, NOLAN, WEISEN- BERG, ARROYO, BRENNAN, DINOWITZ, HOYT, LIFTON, MILLMAN, CAHILL, PAULIN, REILLY, BING, JEFFRIES, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL, KAVANAGH, DenDEKK- ER, SCHIMEL, HEVESI, BENEDETTO, SCHROEDER, J. MILLER, LAVINE, LANCMAN, LINARES, MOYA, ROBERTS, SIMOTAS, ABINANTI, BRAUNSTEIN -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, CANESTRARI, COOK, DUPREY, ENGLEBRIGHT, LATIMER, V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, McENENY, MORELLE, ORTIZ, PRETLOW, RAMOS, N. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, RUSSELL, SWEENEY, THIELE, TITUS, WEPRIN, WRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI -- (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the ability to marry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Marriage Equality Act". S 2. Legislative intent. Marriage is a fundamental human right. Same- sex couples should have the same access as others to the protections, responsibilities, rights, obligations, and benefits of civil marriage. Stable family relationships help build a stronger society. For the welfare of the community and in fairness to all New Yorkers, this act formally recognizes otherwise-valid marriages without regard to whether the parties are of the same or different sex. It is the intent of the legislature that the marriages of same-sex and different-sex couples be treated equally in all respects under the law. The omission from this act of changes to other provisions of law shall not be construed as a legislative intent to preserve any legal distinction between same-sex couples and different-sex couples with respect to marriage. The legislature intends that all provisions of law EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12066-04-1
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