6426-S AMH  REIN 16

SSB 6426 - H AMD

By Representative ___

     On page 1, line 9, after "spouse," insert "domestic partner,"

     On page 1, line 13, after "spouse," insert "domestic partner,"

     On page 2, line 14, after "foster child," insert "domestic partner's child,"

     On page 2, line 19, after "(2)" insert the following:

     ""Domestic partner" means a person so designated by an employee. An employee must designate a person as a domestic partner by providing an affidavit in which the employee attests that:

     (a) The employee is participating in a domestic partnership;

     (b) The employee and the domestic partner:

     (i) Share the same regular and permanent residence;

     (ii) Have a close personal relationship;

     (iii) Have agreed to be jointly responsible for basic living expenses incurred during the domestic partnership;

     (iv) Are not married to anyone;

     (v) Are each eighteen years of age or older;

     (vi)  Are not related to each other by blood closer than would bar marriage in this state;

     (vii) Were mentally competent to consent to contract when their domestic partnership began; and

     (viii) Are each other's sole domestic partner and are responsible for each other's common welfare; and

     (c)  Any prior domestic partnership in which the employee or his or her domestic partner participated with a third party was terminated not less than ninety days prior to the date of the affidavit, or by the death of that third party, whichever was earlier.

     (3)"

     Renumber the remaining subsections and correct cross-references accordingly.

     On page 2, line 23, after "spouse" insert "or the domestic partner" 

EFFECT:  Adds domestic partners, their children, and their parents to the family members for whom leave may be taken