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2008

2 entries from 2008.

June(1)

Arizona Legislature referred SCR1042, a constitutional same-sex marriage ban, to voters

On June 27, 2008, the Arizona Senate concurred in House amendments and gave final passage to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1042, referring a proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution (Article XXX) providing that "only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state." The Senate had adopted the measure March 26, 2008 and the House passed it May 12, 2008; it was filed with the Secretary of State June 30, 2008 and went to voters as Proposition 102 that November.

March(1)

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed SB 299, preempting local civil-union and domestic-partnership registries statewide

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed S.B. 299 ("Revision to Local Government") on March 14, 2008, enacting Utah Code 10-8-1.5 and 17-50-324. The law permits municipalities to extend individual employment benefits to a "financially dependent or interdependent adult designee" but bars any county or municipal registry from defining, identifying, or recognizing a domestic partnership, civil union, or cohabitation relationship other than marriage, voiding inconsistent local ordinances such as Salt Lake City's concurrent registry.