1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 219 as follows:
1.2Page 1, line 10, delete "or" and after "stepparent" insert ", or domestic partner"
1.3Page 1, after line 17, insert:
1.4    "(c) For purposes of this section, "domestic partner" means a person who has
1.5entered into a committed interdependent relationship with another adult of the same sex,
1.6where the partners:
1.7    (1) are responsible for each other's basic common welfare;
1.8    (2) share a common residence and intend to do so indefinitely;
1.9    (3) are not related by blood or adoption to an extent that would prohibit marriage in
1.10this state; and
1.11    (4) are legally competent and qualified to enter into a contract.
1.12    For purposes of this section, domestic partners may share a common residence, even
1.13if they do not have a legal right to possess the residence or one or both domestic partners
1.14possess additional real property.
1.15    If one domestic partner temporarily leaves the common residence with the intention
1.16to return, the domestic partners continue to share a common residence for the purposes of
1.17this section."