Nevada ? A bill that would give domestic partners most of the same rights as married couples has passed the Nevada Senate, but the 12-9 vote isn’t enough to survive a threatened veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons.

The bill was approved late Tuesday in Carson City and moves on to the Assembly where it’s expected to get favorable treatment. It applies to both gay and straight couples.

The Republican governor told reporters last week he’d veto the measure if it reaches his desk because “I just don’t believe in it.”

A veto override would take 14 votes, a two-thirds majority.

California, Oregon, Washington and the District of Columbia have domestic-partnership laws that offer many of the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples. Hawaii, Maine and Colorado have more limited laws.