Domestic partnership expansion takes effect Dec. 3

Voters approved Referendum 71, which means Senate Bill 5688 — to extend all the state-granted rights and responsibilities of marriage to domestic partners — stands. According to the Secretary of State’s blog, there’s a 30-day waiting period after the election for the law to take effect.

That means the expanded rights won’t be available to domestic partners until Dec. 3, 2009.

For more on that, go to their blog here.

Tags: Domestic partnership, R71