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Bill would require Social Security numbers on Maryland domestic partnership applications to protect federal child‑support funding
Summary
HB 323 would add Social Security number collection to the domestic partnership registration to conform with federal child‑support data‑matching requirements; sponsor says failing to collect could risk federal TANF funds; Register of Wills and child‑support officials supported the change.
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on House Bill 323, which would require applicants for Maryland registered domestic partnerships to provide Social Security numbers on filing forms.
Delegate Kathy Szeliga Forbes (presenting HB 323) told the committee the bill corrects an ‘‘oversight’’ in the domestic‑partnership law. Forbes said federal statutes require…
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