 In 2016, the Victorian Parliament passed reforms to the state's domestic partnerships legislation, allowing for the recognition of overseas same-sex marriages on official documents and also allowing couples the option of having an official ceremony when registering for a domestic partnership.The earliest legislative reform in the state designed to provide equal treatment of same-sex couples came in August 2001, in the form of the "Statute Law Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001" and the "Statute Law Further Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001".The acts amended 60 laws in Victoria to give same-sex couples, called "domestic partners", many rights equal to those enjoyed by "de facto" couples, including hospital access, medical decision making, superannuation, inheritance rights, property tax, landlord/tenancy rights, mental health treatment and victims of crime procedures.