{"bill":{"bill_key":"NY-S5196-2010","title":"Amends the disability benefits law to include domestic partners in certain provisions and defines the term domestic partner; adds reference to domestic partner in provisions relating to voluntary coverage and disposition of accrued benefits upon death; defines domestic partner as a person at least 18 years old who is either dependent upon the employee for support, or who has registered as the domestic partner of the employee with any registry of domestic partnerships maintained by the state or by any county, city, town, or village (excludes persons related by blood to the employee in such a manner as would bar marriage to the employee in this state).","side":"pro","state":"NY","year":2010,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Amends the disability benefits law to include domestic partners in certain provisions and defines the term domestic partner; adds reference to domestic partner in provisions relat…","types_str":"Domestic Partner Nondiscrimination","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?term=2009&bn=S05196","url_kind":"official","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S. 5196, 2009–2010 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2009), https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?term=2009&bn=S05196.","short":"N.Y. S. 5196."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Antoine Thompson","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"SD-060","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-1458"},{"name":"Diane Savino","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"SD-023","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-1448"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":4232}]}}