SB 6014 - DIGEST

Requires that parties to a civil union must satisfy the following criteria in order to establish a civil union: (1) Neither party may be a party to another civil union or a marriage;

(2) The parties to the civil union must be of the same sex and therefore excluded from the marriage laws of this state;

(3) The parties may not be nearer of kin to each other than second cousins, whether of the whole or half blood;

(4) Both parties must be eighteen years of age or older; and

(5) Both parties must be capable of consenting to the civil union.