Senate Bill 10-11-34
| Bill ID: | 10-11-34 |
| Name: | Request to Review Domestic Partner Benefits |
| Proposed: | 11/10/2010 |
| Sponsor: | Senate Executive Committee |
| Proposal: | To review the issue of domestic partner benefits and make recommendations on whether the level of benefits that the University of Maryland is currently providing is appropriate. |
| Active? | No |
Status
| Status: | Completed |
| Completed On: | 03/26/2012 |
History
| Status: | Complete |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate |
| Received: | 2011-12-01 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-12-08 |
| Decision: | The Senate voted to approve the report. |
| Actions: | The Senate discussed the report at the December 8, 2011, meeting and voted to approve the legislation with a request that opposite-sex domestic partner benefits be reviewed by the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee. |
| Next Step: | Presidential Approval |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-11-22 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-11-29 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to place the report on the December 8, 2011 Senate meeting agenda for consideration. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the EDI Committee's report and recommendations at its November 29, 2011 meeting and voted to forward them to the Senate for review. |
| Next Step: | Senate Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee |
| Received: | 2011-04-12 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-11-14 |
| Decision Due By: | 2011-12-01 |
| Decision: | The committee voted to forward its recommendations to the SEC for consideration. |
| Actions: | The 2010-2011 EDI Committee discussed and developed a draft report and recommendations at its meeting on May 10, 2011. The 2011-2012 EDI Committee continued to work on finalizing the report and its recommendations during the Fall 2011 Semester. The EDI Committee decided that an essential aspect of this process is the recognition of support and endorsement from other entities that have been integrally involved in the effort to secure expansion of benefits and relevant policy coverage to same-sex domestic partners over the years. Thus, the committee drafted a letter of support to be endorsed by many interested entities on campus and throughout USM. Upon dissemination of this letter, the EDI Committee received a number of supportive responses and endorsements. On November 14, 2011, the 2011-2012 EDI Committee voted to forward its final report and recommendations to the SEC for consideration. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-04-01 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-04-08 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to grant the extension. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the EDI Committee's request for extension and voted to allow the committee more time to complete its research and any recommendations. |
| Next Step: | EDI Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee |
| Received: | 2010-11-23 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-03-14 |
| Decision Due By: | 2010-03-28 |
| Decision: | The committee voted to submit a request for extension. |
| Actions: | The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee reviewed and researched this topic during the 2010-2011 academic year. In February 2011, Terry Owen, the Chair of the EDI Committee, consulted with Susan Bayly, General Counsel of the President's Legal Office, on this issue. The committee met on four separate occasions (December 2, 2010, January 25, 2011, February 21, 2011, and March 14, 2011) to review, research, and discuss the issue of offering system benefits to same-sex domestic partners at the University of Maryland. After the committee began working on this issue, legislation that would have allowed same-sex marriage was introduced in the Maryland General Assembly. The bill cleared the Senate, but stalled in the House of Delegates and was referred back to the Judiciary Committee. If the bill had passed, same-sex domestic partners would have had the option to marry in Maryland and, as a result, receive system benefits. This would have negated the need for the EDI Committee to draft a proposal for the expansion of system benefits to same-sex domestic partners. The EDI Committee voted to ask the SEC for more time to continue investigating this issue and to develop a resolution for the expansion of system benefits to same-sex domestic partners at the University of Maryland. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2010-11-10 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-11-17 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to charge the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee with further review of the issue. |
| Actions: | At its November 17, 2010, meeting, the SEC reviewed the Staff Affairs Committee's response to Senate Doc. 09-10-48. As a result, they voted to charge the EDI Committee with review of the proposal. |
| Next Step: | Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee Review |
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