Establishes a veterans' bill of rights
Summary
Establishes a veterans' bill of rights; provides sample language for such bill of rights; requires the department of veterans' services to establish and distribute a veterans' bill of rights and to make such bill of rights available on the department's website.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 1, 2025
Last action Jun 2, 2026
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S7708A
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S7708B
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill number was updated from S 7708-A to S 7708-B, reflecting a revision in the legislative process. The substantive content of the Veterans' Bill of Rights remains unchanged, including the specific rights granted to veterans and the requirements for the Department to publish and post this information.
TECHNICAL
The bill number was changed from S 7708-A to S 7708-B, and the section number for the Veterans' Bill of Rights was updated from 29-e to 29-f to reflect the amendment.
The procedural text regarding committee reassignment was reorganized to clarify that the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs in accordance with Senate Rule 6, section 8.
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7708B
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7708A
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
upper
May 1, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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