Rhode Island: On Tuesday, the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced a marriage equality bill. Two days later, a marriage equality successfully passed through the Rhode Island House with a margin of 51-49! Now it has to pass through the Rhode Island Senate, which will likely prove more challenging.
Colorado: On Wednesday, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill a civil union bill on a 3-2 party-line vote. The bill now will head to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Hawaii: On Thursday, marriage equality bills were introduced in both Hawaii's Senate and House.
Wyoming: Earlier today, three separate bills -- a marriage equality bills, a domestic partnership bill, and a non-discrimination bills -- were introduced in Wyoming, apparently in both the House and the Senate. The DP bill would provide rights and responsibilities to domestic partners within the state of Wyoming, including the right to make health care decisions for ailing partners and to make funeral decisions for deceased partners and the responsibility to provide financial support for children created within the partnerships.