HI SB2622

Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 76-103 to clarify which veterans qualify for civil service hiring preference by establishing four distinct categories.

Category 1 includes veterans who served during wartime, during April 28, 1952 through July 1, 1955, for more than 180 consecutive non-training days after January 31, 1955 and before October 15, 1976, during the Gulf War (August 2, 1990 through January 2, 1992), during Operation Iraqi Freedom (starting September 11, 2001), or in campaigns for which a campaign medal was authorized.

Category 2 provides preference to disabled veterans, Category 3 to spouses of disabled veterans, and Category 4 to surviving spouses of deceased servicemen who have not remarried.

The bill restructures the existing preference statute into a numbered list format to clarify eligibility requirements while maintaining the same substantive categories of beneficiaries.

Takes effect upon approval.