Bill > SB30

Introduced Session

This Act creates the recognized legal relationship of civil union in Delaware for eligible persons.This Act further recognizes as civil unions for all purposes under Delaware law legal unions between two persons of the same sex entered into in jurisdictions outside of Delaware provided that such union and the parties thereto meet the Delaware eligibility requirements to enter into a civil union in the State of Delaware.Parties who enter into a lawful civil union in Delaware, or whose legal union is recognized as a civil union under Delaware law, will have all of the same rights, benefits, protections and responsibilities as married persons under Delaware law.It is not the intent of the Delaware General Assembly to revise the definition or eligibility requirements of marriage under Delaware law or to require any religious institution to perform solemnizations of civil unions.

Committee Categories

Michael Barbieri (D),  Patricia Blevins (D),  Stephanie Bolden (D),  Gerald Brady (D),  George Bunting (D),  Robert Gilligan (D),  Debra Heffernan (D),  Margaret Henry (D),  Michael Katz (D),  Helene Keeley (D),  John Kowalko (D),  Valerie Longhurst (D),  Harris McDowell (D),  John Mitchell (D),  Michael Mulrooney (D),  Ed Osienski (D),  Karen Peterson (D),  Teresa Schooley (D),  Pete Schwartzkopf (D),  Darryl Scott (D),  Bryon Short (D),  Dave Sokola (D),  Liane Sorenson (R),  John Viola (D),  Dennis Williams (D),  Dennis Williams (D), 

Signed by Governor (on 05/11/2011)

Official Document