Colorado domestic partner and “benefit-sharing” bills to be introduced

Denver Post:

[Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. ] . . bill, to be filed later this week, would give couples the option of dropping by their local county clerk’s office and filling out a check-off form stating which rights they want their partners to have.

It’s a benefit to same-sex couples, and Ferrandino expects a fight, but he said others would benefit as well . . .

Another bill sponsored by Ferrandino and Sen. Jennifer Veiga, D-Denver, would make domestic partners of state employees eligible for group benefits.