Requires the department of veterans' services to provide certain assistance to veterans
Summary
Requires the department of veterans' services to provide legal and/or technical support to veterans who want to change such veteran's discharged status to honorable because such person was dishonorably or administratively discharged from the armed services due to sexual orientation.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2024
Assembly Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 10, 2023
Last action May 6, 2024
Floor votes · Assembly May 6, 2024
How they voted
143–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 149
May 6, 2024
D
Democratic102
95% Yea
R
Republican47
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
2
May 6, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
upper
May 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Apr 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 6992A
lower
Apr 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
lower
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
lower
May 10, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Inez Dickens
DDemocratic
Co
Al Taylor
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Bores
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Angelo Santabarbara
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Cunningham
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Burdick
DDemocratic/Independence/Working Families
Co
Dave McDonough
RRepublican
Co
Gina Sillitti
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Jeffrion Aubry
DDemocratic
Co
Jo Anne Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Karines Reyes
DDemocratic
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