BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 5769: Civil unions

Authorizing civil unions.

Summary

Declares that parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, obligations, and responsibilities under law, whether they derive from statute, administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil law, as are granted to spouses in a marriage.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to civil unions;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5769 (2025–26) Transition to kindergarten · Enacted · Chapter 342, Laws of 2025
SB 5769 (2023–24) Climate act price ceiling · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5769 (2021–22) State tax system · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5769 (2019–20) Minimum urban density · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5769 (2017–18) Coroner inquest procedures · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5769 (2015–16) Noxious weeds on state lands · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5769 (2013–14) Hydroelectric generation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5769 (2011–12) Coal-fired generation · Enacted · Chapter 180, Laws of 2011