Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill
| Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill | |
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| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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| Territorial extent | Hong Kong |
| Legislative history | |
| Bill title | Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill |
| Introduced by | Erick Tsang, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs |
| Introduced | 16 July 2025 |
| Committee responsible | Bills Committee on Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill |
| First reading | 16 July 2025 |
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| Related cases | |
| Sham Tsz Kit v Secretary for Justice | |
| Status: Not passed | |
The Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill (Chinese: 同性伴侶關係登記條例草案) was a bill introduced by the Government of Hong Kong in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong that proposed to create a framework for granting limited legal rights to same-sex partnerships entered into overseas. The bill was part of the government's response to the Court of Final Appeal's decision in Sham Tsz Kit v Secretary for Justice that a substitute legal framework for same-sex partnerships must be introduced, and did not propose to recognise same-sex marriage.
Despite the existence of a pro-government supermajority in the legislature, the bill was staunchly opposed by the conservative majority of the bloc and was overwhelmingly rejected at the second reading. It became the first government bill to be voted down since the national security reform of the legislature in 2021.