Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2012

S. 1910Introduced Nov 18, 2011Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Lieberman I-CT

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 18, 2011
Committee actionMay 16, 2012
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 19, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 572.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1910.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011” on June 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 16, 2012”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2012 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43723
CBO publication date
June 20, 2012
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1910, 112th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1910
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-257 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 20, 2012.
Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2012 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1910, 112th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1910
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 25, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

30 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 28 Democrats, 1 independent

1 of 30 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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