O'Donnell introduces marriage bill

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell introduced his marriage bill today with 53 sponsors. Last year the bill had 24 co-sponsors.

The following Assemblymembers are co-sponsors of the 2007 marriage equality bill:

Marc Alessi
Jeffrion Aubry
Michael Benedetto
Jonathan Bing
William Boyland, Jr.
Adam Bradley
James Brennan
Richard Brodsky
Kevin Cahill
Vivian Cook
Luis Diaz
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Patricia Eddington
Steve Englebright
Herman D. Farrell, Jr.
Ginny Fields
Deborah Glick
Richard Gottfried
Andrew Hevesi
Sam Hoyt
Ellen Jaffee
Hakeem Jeffries
Susan John
Brian Kavanagh
Ivan Lafayette
Rory Lancman
George Latimer
Charles Lavine
Barbara Lifton
Vito Lopez
Donna Lupardo
John McEneny
Joan Millman
Catherine Nolan
Feliz Ortiz
Amy Paulin
Jose Peralta
J. Gary Pretlow
Phil Ramos
Jose Rivera
Naomi Rivera
Linda Rosenthal
Teresa Sayward
Michelle Schimel
Robert Sweeney
Matthew Titone
Darryl Towns
Harvey Weisenberg
Mark Weprin
Keith L.T. Wright
Ellen Young
Kenneth Zebrowski, Jr.

O'Donnell, in his press release, thanked Gov. Spitzer for his leadership in introducing this legislation as a program bill late last month.

The bill number (which should show up in the LRS in the next day or so) is A.8590.