On May 6, 2008, the District of Columbia Council unanimously passed the "Omnibus Domestic Partnership Equality Amendment Act of 2008". According to the "Washington Blade", "the law provides both rights and obligations for domestic partners in a total of 39 separate laws that touch on such areas as rental housing, condominiums, real estate transactions, nursing homes, life insurance, worker's compensation, investigations into child abuse and the police department's musical band, among other areas," thus "bringing the law to a point where same-sex couples who register as domestic partners will receive most, but not quite all, of the rights and benefits of marriage under District law."