 In October 2017, Taiwanese Premier William Lai said that the Government "is not giving up its effort to present a proposal before the end of the year to legalize same-sex marriage".Eventually, the bills stalled and were not voted on.In March 2017, the full panel of the Constitutional Court heard a case brought by gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei (whose attempt at registering a marriage with his partner in 2013 was rejected) and the Taipei City Government's Department of Civil Affairs.