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Illinois established civil unions on June 1, 2011, after Governor Quinn signed legislation on January 31, 2011. The law allows both same-sex and opposite-sex couples to form civil unions and provides state recognition of substantially similar legal relationships, including same-sex marriages and civil unions, entered into in other jurisdictions.
The bill was postponed in the Illinois Senate, due to time constraints and other factors. [74] [75] In January 2023, the birth certificate reform bill was re-introduced, revived and then formally passed, signed and enacted into law - by both the Illinois General Assembly and the governor of Illinois a month later in February. The legislation ...
In 1996, the United States Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 104–199, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Section 3 of DOMA defines "marriage" and "spouse" for purposes of both federal law and any ruling, regulation, or interpretation by an administrative bureau or agency of the United States government. [1]
Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, filed the amendment to an unrelated bill, Senate Bill 2412, Wednesday morning before it was quickly moved to committee for passage, then to the floor within hours. It ...
Lawmakers on Wednesday still need to approve the bill containing the Democrats’ proposition, which would ask voters to alter Proposition 47, the 2014 voter-approved measure that made some lower ...
California leaders are pushing lawmakers to get on board with their own version of Proposition 47 changes by ... The vote was the next step in moving Senate Bill 1381 — which lawmakers gutted ...
Pritzker was born in Palo Alto, California, on January 19, 1965.He is the son of Donald Pritzker and Sue Pritzker (née Sandel). [10] [4] A member of the Pritzker family, a Jewish family of Ukrainian descent [11] prominent in business and philanthropy during the late 20th century, [12] [13] Pritzker is named after both of his paternal uncles, Jay Pritzker and Robert Pritzker. [14]
The 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States is an ongoing political backlash from social conservatives against LGBTQ movements.It has included legislative proposals of bathroom use restrictions, bans on gender-affirming care, anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws, laws against drag performances, book bans, boycotts, and conspiracy theories around grooming. [1]