WA lawmakers hope to expand domestic partnership law

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Lawmakers are looking to expand the state's domestic partnership law by granting same-sex couples more than 170 of the benefits and responsibilities given to married couples, including property and guardianship rights.

Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, who sponsored the original domestic partnership measure last year, is sponsoring the expansion bill in the Senate this year; Rep. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, is sponsoring the measure in the House. A news conference to announce the bill was planned Tuesday on the Capitol campus.

"It's a significant piece of legislation, but it still leaves hundreds of rights and benefits and responsibilities of marriage out," Murray said, noting that the bill only covers a fraction of the 485 rights and responsibilities married couples have.

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WA lawmakers hope to expand domestic partnership law

WA lawmakers hope to expand domestic partnership law

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