Nevada Domestic Partner Registration

Nevada gay and lesbian domestic partnerships registrations.

At the heart of the modern Gay Rights Movement is the fight for marriage equality. Across the globe, cities, states and entire nations are recognizing the rights of LGBT people to form families under the protection of the law. Here is where same-sex marriage stands in Nevada:

October 1, 2009: Gay and lesbian couples begin registering for domestic partnerships in Nevada.

August 24, 2009: Same-sex couples began pre-registration for domestic partnerships in Nevada for a period of one month, as announced Secretary of State Ross Miller.

Registered domestic partnered same-sex couples are granted limited rights such as hospital visitation rights, estate planning and shared responsibility for debt. However, employers are not required to offer health care benefits to same-sex partners.

Nevada's domestic partnership law was approved in June of 2009 and official registrations begin October 1, 2009. The law, sponsored by openly gay Senator David Parks, was vetoed by Gov. Jim Gibbons earlier this summer and later overturned by the legislation. The governor argued that the the bill was redundant since the state already offers domestic partnership registrations. Gov. Gibbons also claimed the bill is contrary to the wishes of Nevada voters who banned same-sex marriage in 2002.