It was handed by Parliament on 26 October and obtained royal assent on 1 November. A bill for legalization handed Parliament on 12 July and was signed by the President on 1 August. 20 May: Same-sex civil unions develop into legal in Italy after the President of Italy signs the bill into legislation. 11 January: The Supreme Court of Lithuania rules that the Lithuanian state must grant residency rights to the identical-sex partners of European Union residents. 24 May: Taiwan’s Constitutional Court guidelines that very same-sex marriage is legal. 1 July: Same-intercourse marriage becomes legal in Jersey. 25 July: The Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria guidelines that Bulgaria must grant residency rights to same-intercourse married couples including at the very least one citizen of the European Union, in conformity with the 2018 ruling of the European Court of Justice in Coman and Others v General Inspectorate for Immigration and Ministry of the Interior. 6 April: The Congress of Jalisco passes a bill to codify equal marriage into legislation, bringing the state Civil Code into conformity with the 2016 Supreme Court ruling. 20 December: In a referendum, Slovenian voters overturned by a two-to-one margin the identical-sex marriage invoice that had been handed by the parliament on four March.
9 December: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Australia. 5 July: Same-sex marriage turns into legal in the Mexican state of Morelos, following a 20-6 vote. 1 July: Ibaraki Prefecture turns into the first prefecture of Japan to enact a partnership oath system to acknowledge identical-intercourse unions. 28 April: The Constitutional Court of Colombia legalizes same-intercourse marriage in a 6-3 determination. 15 November: Same-sex marriage is accepted by a non-binding postal plebiscite in Australia, with 61.6% of the population voting yes. 12 June: Same-sex marriage turns into authorized in Chihuahua. 1 July: Same-sex marriage regulation comes into impact in Switzerland. 1 July: Same-intercourse marriage turns into legal in Faroe Islands. 7 October: A referendum to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in Romania fails because of low turnout. 29 June: Same-sex marriage becomes legal within the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. 23 December: The Greek Parliament passes similar-sex civil unions law which legalised civil partnerships. In a 25-10 vote, the Congress of Oaxaca repealed the state’s ban on identical-sex marriage, permitting such unions to take place instantly. 5 December: Same-intercourse civil unions turn into legal in San Marino. 26 June: Same-intercourse marriage turns into authorized in the United States of America because of a Supreme Court ruling.
5 June: The European Court of Justice guidelines, in Coman and Others v General Inspectorate for Immigration and Ministry of the Interior, that EU member states should recognise similar-intercourse marriages for the aim of residency if at the least one individual in the marriage is an EU citizen. 23 June: Same-intercourse marriage becomes authorized in the Mexican state of Michoacán, following a 27-zero vote. The bill would then face a vote within the Chamber of Deputies. Eleven May: The Italian Chamber of Deputies approves a Civil Union bill in a 372-51 vote, awaiting signing into law by the President of Italy. The bill had been accepted two days earlier by the Chamber of Deputies by 82 votes to 20 and by the Senate in a 21 to 8 vote. 25 February: The Italian Senate approves a Civil Union invoice in a 173-71 vote. 17 December: A bill to legalize same-intercourse marriage within the Mexican state of Nayarit is accredited by the state congress, in a 26-1 vote, with 1 abstention. 19 February: Same-sex marriage becomes authorized within the Mexican state of Nuevo León.
23 November: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Bermuda again after the federal government attraction of 6 June resolution fails. 22 September: The States of Jersey, Channel Islands, agrees, in principle, on a vote of 37 to 4 with 1 abstention that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry. 30 June: Same-intercourse marriage passes a vote of the Lower House in Germany. 14 December: Senators in Bermuda vote to ban any additional same-intercourse marriage and institute domestic partnerships for same-intercourse couples, months after its Supreme Court legalized it. 7 December: The Australian House of Representatives passes a vote in favor of identical-intercourse marriage upon third studying, with 136 voting in favor, 4 voting in opposition to and eight abstaining. 1 January: Same-intercourse marriage turns into authorized in Austria. 13 January: Same-intercourse marriage becomes legal in Northern Ireland. 4 September: Senator Germán Martínez introduces a bill to legalise identical-intercourse marriage federally in Mexico. 1 June: Same-intercourse marriage is not authorized in Bermuda. 4 August: Same-intercourse marriage becomes authorized in Tristan da Cunha.