Legislation - SB0491

Title: General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge
Sponsored by: Senators Gile, Brooks, Carozza, King, Kramer, Salling, and Waldstreicher
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges based on an incident or incidents relating to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by an individual licensed to provide health services at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility, or an experience of sexual trauma disclosed to an individual licensed to provide health care services at a certain Veterans Affairs facility.

Committees

Original:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

Details

Cross-filed with: HB0699

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/23/2025 Legislative Date 1/22/2025 Action First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/30/2025 Legislative Date 1/30/2025 Action Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	1/23/2025	1/22/2025	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
			Text - First - General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge
Senate	1/30/2025	1/30/2025	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.

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