Appendix D: Domestic Partner and Registration Policies, 1984-1997 _______________________________________________________________________________ Year Locality Areas Covered Method of Status Passage _______________________________________________________________________________ 1984 Berkeley, CA Insurance Council In force (Registration approved 1991) 1985 Berkeley Unified School Insurance ? In force District, CA West Hollywood, CA Registration Council In force (Insurance added in 1989) 1986 Santa Cruz, CA Insurance Council In force Takoma Park, MD Insurance Council In force 1988 Los Angeles, CA Leave Council In force (Non-economic benefits added in 1991; Council voted on 11/23/93 to extend insurance benefits to city employees; Domestic Partnership News January 1994; on 5/10/94 council extended disability insurance, the employee assistance program, and catastrophic illness leave policies to recognize domestic partners of city employees, and directed the city attorney to prepare a charter amendment that would let the city offer pension benefits to domestic partners (LGLAGNY 1994m)) Madison, WI Leave Council In force (Registration added in 1990) 1989 New York, NY Leave Executive Order In force (Registration added in 1993) Santa Cruz County, CA Insurance Council In force Seattle, WA Leave Council; In force (Resgistry later added; Insurance added in 1991; on 8/1/94 the council voted to open up its registry to non-city employees (LGLAGNY 1994o)) 1990 Alameda County, CA Leave Council In force Ithaca, NY Registration Council In force (Leave added in 1991) Laguna Beach, CA Insurance Council In force (Registration added in 1992) San Francisco, CA Registration Council, unanimous In force (Insurance added in 1991; on 5/31/94 the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to exempt domestic partners from real estate transfer taxes if they end their partnership (LGLAGNY 1994n); in 10/96 passed law that requires businesses with city contracts to offer DP benefits to their employees) San Jose School Insurance ? In force District, CA (Union only) San Mateo County, CA Insurance Council In force Shorewood Hills Services Council In force Village, WI 1991 Ann Arbor, MI Registration Council In force (Insurance added in 1992) King County, WA Insurance ? In force after (may be 1990) I 35 in Seattle failed Minneapolis, MN Registration Council In force & Leave (Insurance added in 1993 (10-3) but court repealed in 1/95; was gays only) Travis County, TX Leave Council In force 1992 Cambridge, MA Insurance Council In force; & Registration somehow avoided jurisdiction question that Boston faces. Delaware Leave Administrative In force East Lansing, MI Insurance Council In force Hennepin County, MN Insurance and Leave Leave in 1992; Insurance obtained on 4/4/94 by negotiators for AFSCME union (LGLAGNY 1994k) Massachusetts Leave Executive order In force (management level only; in 1995 -96 SB 814 and SB 1332 under consideration that would give benefits to all state and local government employees; status unknown) Multnomah County, OR Insurance Labor Board In force Oakland, CA Insurance Council In force Sacramento, CA Registry Agreement was reached 3/17/94 in collective bargaining between Local 146 of AFSCME and the Sacramento (California) Employment and Training Agency to extend the Agency's bereavement leave policy to include domestic partners of Agency employees; Insurance added for all city employees after 1992 (LGLAGNY 1994k) San Francisco Unified Insurance ? In force School District (Moore 3/22/97) Washington, DC Insurance Council Congress voted & Registration to prevent federal funds from being used 6/93 West Palm Beach, FL Leave Council In force 1993 Atlanta, GA Insurance & Council; R-14-2; I-9-7 Registration (passed again in 1996; Overturned by GA SC; injunction filed; NGLTF 1997) Austin, TX Insurance Council 9/93; by 5-2 Repealed at ballot in 5/94 (LGLAGNY 1994i) Boston, MA Access/Services & Council, 8-3 on Registration (DPs are 12/15/93 allowed to purchase (LGLAGNY 1994d) insurance under group coverage but at their own expense; by executive order); does not have real DP benefits because of questions about city/state jurisdiction. Boston has filed a home rule petition in the state legislature to allow it to offer benefits. Burlington, VT Insurance Council; 9-4 vote; 1/93 In force Chicago, IL Bereavement Leave Executuve Order; Council Approved in benefits for city 12/93; (Heard and Kass 2/27/97); employees; Added Insurance benefits, etc. added in 1997; Insurance benefits Sponsor Alderman Bernard Hansen (44th for city employees; Ward); measure had 30 co-sponsors; also bereavement introduced on 2/26/97; has the support of leave, leave to care for Mayor Daley and needs only 26 votes a partner, the right (Heard and Kass 2/27/97); On 3/12 the to name a partner as Council's Finance Committee recommended a pension beneficiary, (15-7 vote) that a slightly revised substitute and benefits for partners for the pending DP ordinance be passed by of police and fire officers the full Council (Benefits 3/12/97); the full killed in the line of duty Council passed the bill on 3/19 by 32-18; the ordinance takes effect 4/18/97 (Kass and Ryan 3/20/97) Hartford, CT Registration Council In force & Insurance Marin County, CA Registration Council In force New York State Insurance A strike by Legal Attorney's Office Services attorneys was (Law Dept.) resolved Dec. 23 with an agreement that includes a new health insurance plan that provides benefits for domestic partners (LGLAGNY 1994d) Provincetown, MA Registration Council In force (includes non-residents; LGLAGNY 1995i) Wayne County, MI Insurance Council In force 1994 Baltimore, MD Insurance Executive Order In force 1/1/95 (effective 1/95; 1994 Council attempt to create a registry and allow for visitation rights failed; PFAW 1994) (LGLAGNY (1994b) says that the Baltimore Board of Estimate voted on 12/15/93 to extend employee benefits to domestic partners of city employees; partners must be registered with the city by September 1994 in order to be eligible when the plan goes into effect 1/1/95) Carrboro, NC Registration City Board; 9/13; unanimous Effective 10/11; & Leave (LGLAGNY 1994p) In force (Sheehan 7/2/96) Connecticut State's Employee Services Administrative decision by state Bureau's Benefits Division Comptroller; must 4/15/94 treat same-sex domestic partners the same as spouses for purposes of authorizing emergency withdrawals under the state's Deferred Compensation Program (LGLAGNY 1994m)) Dayton, OH Policy resolution stating that Council passed "the 6/8/94 City...recognizes that households (LGLAGNY 1994n) within our community include families, adult partners and other individuals in a committed relationship"; the policy also calls for making Dayton a model employer by expanding city policies to recognize alternative families Eugene, OR Water & Insurance benefits (LGLAGNY 1994o) Electric Board Iowa City, IA Registration & Council In force Insurance (LGLAGNY 1994o) New York Insurance benefits Union agreement; 2 cover both same and unions: prison guards opposite sex and university prof.s partners announced 9/16/97 and covers more than 100,000 employees (LGLAGNY 1994p); on 9/26 the Public Employees Federation, which represents New York State- employed scientists, engineers and food inspectors reached the same agreement (LGLAGNY 1994q); extended to state judiciary employees on 1/12/95 (LGLAGNY 1995b); extended to Civil Service Employees Association, the largest union representing New York State public employees (LGLAGNY 1995d) Oak Park, IL Insurance Council, 4/19; 7-0 vote; also rejected a (LGLAGNY 1994k) symbolic domestic partner registry Portland, OR Insurance Council 6/8/94 In force (LGLAGNY 1994n) Rochester, NY Insurance & Council In force Registration (4/15; insurance passed by 7-2 and registry passed by 5-4 (LGLAGNY 1994m)) San Diego, CA Insurance Sponsor: Christine Kehoe; City Council passed 5-4 on 6/2/94 (LGLAGNY 1994n) Vermont Insurance; health and dental Union Agreement; effective 8/1 for state employees (LGLAGNY 1994n) (first state to do so) 1995 Chapel Hill, NC Registration Council, 4/24/95 In force; & Leave (LGLAGNY 1995e) lawsuit pend. Insurance added (In Brief in 5/95 (LGLAGNY 1995f) 3/21/97) Denver, CO Leave Career Service Board voted 4-1 on 3/16/95; Effective 1/97; In force (Attempt to block in court failed in 12/96) (LGLAGNY 1995d) Middlebury, VT Insurance Council, 9/95 In force (LGLAGNY 1995i) Northampton, MA ? Council Repealed in 11/95 by ballot initiative Olympia, WA Insurance Council 11/29/94 Effective 1/1/95 (LGLAGNY 1995b) Palo Alto, CA Registration Council, 6-1-2 In force & Services 12/11/96 San Mateo County, CA Insurance Board In force Public Schools (LGLAGNY 1995e) 1996 Albany, NY Registration Council, 12-3 In force; legal challenge failed 10/96 Boulder, CO Registration Council; Effective 7/1/96 unanimous on 5/7/96 Philadelphia, PA Health & Executive Order 6/7/96 Funeral (Union employees had these benefits before 1996) Oregon Health Ins. On 8/8/96 a Multnomah County Circuit Judge ordered OR to extend medical coverage to the partners of gay and lesbian workers. Not appealed. Santa Clara County, CA Registration Council Registry suspended 8/96 pending ballot vote; 59,462 signatures collected for ballot repeal; Supervisors can repeal the ordinance or put the issue on the ballot in the Spring of 1997 or June 1998 (Trounstine 3/3/97) Springfield, MA Medical Leave Executive Order In force 1997 Benton County, OR Insurance County Commission In force Benefits (week of 2/13/97) Bloomington, IN Insurance Executive Order? In force Benefits 3/14/97 Long Beach, CA Domestic Partner registration; (Council 3/18/97); passed the ordinance also instructs first reading by 6-3 on 3/18/97; hospitals and] jails that domestic bill must still pass two more partners must be accorded visiting readings and a fee must be privileges, unless no visitors set at a hearing (Monteagudo are allowed 3/19/97); passed 2nd reading last week in March and 3rd reading on 4/1/97; will be law 31 days after mayor signs (Stewart 4/3/97) Pima County, AZ Insurance Public hearing held week of 3/24; (NGLTF 3/28/97); Board of Supervisors approved at same time St. Louis, MO Registry for Executive Order In force; both 3/1/97 3/10/97 (Lindecke 3/8/97) heterosexuals and homosexuals; also allows for visitation rights ______________________________________________________________________________ Year Not Known ______________________________________________________________________________ Bay Area Air Quality ? ? In force Management District, CA Bay Area Rapid Transit, Insurance ? In force CA Brookline, MA Visitation ? In force & Registration Corvallis, OR ? ? ? Dane County, WI Leave ? In force Dane Regional Planning Leave ? In force Commission, WI Delaware, NJ Leave ? In force Denver County, CO ? ? In force (Cornett 3/18/97) Edmonds School District,Insurance ? In force WA Gloucester County, NJ Insurance ? In force Los Angeles County, CA ? ? ? L.A. County Metropolitan ? ? ? Transportation Authority, CA Minneapolis Public Insurance ? In force Library, MN Minneapolis School Insurance ? In force District, MN Municipality of Insurance ? In force Metropolitan Seattle, WA New Orleans, LA Registration ? In force Ohio Leave (1989?) ? In force Portland, ME ? ? In force San Francisco County, ? ? In force CA Santa Cruz Metropolitan Insurance ? In force Transit System, CA Santa Cruz Operation, Insurance ? In force CA Seattle Public Library ? ? 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