Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R SmithSponsor

9 cosponsors · 7 D, 1 R, 1 I

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health insurance, to provide for the treatment of domestic partners on an equal basis with spouses by designating as a dependent any individual who is an eligible beneficiary under an employer's health insurance plan.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 2, 2003

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act

Latest action (Oct 2, 2003): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12378-12380)

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 2, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.