The state of Wisconsin has become the latest to change the rules on domestic partner benefits,with a new statute, Wis. Stat. § 66.0510, prohibiting allmunicipalities, counties and school districts from offeringemployee benefit plan coverage to domestic partners of employees asof January 1, 2018.

The National Law Review reports that in the debates surrounding the statute’s passage,the legislature argued that the state’s recent legalization ofsame-sex marriage eliminated the need for government employers tooffer benefit plans that cover domestic partners.

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