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CT HB06748

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Veterans with other-than-honorable discharges based on a "qualifying condition" (PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, or discrimination based on sexual orientation/gender identity/expression) may apply to be recorded on the state veterans registry with an "honorable" discharge characterization

  • The Department of Veterans Affairs board must review applications within 30 days and provide written recommendations to the commissioner, who must issue a decision within 10 days of receiving the recommendation

  • Veterans denied may file for reconsideration within 15 days, with the commissioner required to render a final decision within 10 days; appeals may be made to Superior Court

  • Updates standardize the terminology from "other than honorable" to "other-than-honorable" throughout multiple statutes (sections 27-103, 14-20b, and 14-36h)

  • Effective immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning The Recording Of A Military Discharge Characterization Upon A State Veterans Registry As "honorable" And Making A Minor Technical Revision To A Certain Such Characterization.

Last Action

File Number 305

3/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Veterans' and Military Affairs1/27/2025

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