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Tuesday, March 01, 2005
State Domestic Partner Retiree Health Insurance Defeated
The NM Senate Judiciary Committee met last night and voted 6 - 4 to table SB 340, the State Domestic Partner Retiree Health Insurance amendment. (This bill would have permitted domestic partners to enroll and receive healthcare benefits under the retirement program.) Democratic Senators McSorley, Lopez, Grubesic, and Sanchez voted for the bill; Democratic Senators Rainaldi and Martinez voted with Republican Senators Adair, Cravens, Harden, and Payne to table the bill. Tabling the bill essentially kills it in this session.
Click for contact information for Senate Judiciary Committee members.
It looks like SB 576, Domestic Partner Benefits, and SB 597, the "simple" DOMA, will be heard at the earliest on Friday, March 4.
(Based on information from Equality New Mexico.)
March 1, 2005 at 09:38 AM in Local Politics | Permalink
Comments
You should look into if any bill coming up before the full body of the house or senate is germane to this bill that was just tabled and work to ammend that bill.
Posted by: | Mar 1, 2005 10:48:04 AM
