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MN HF2100
Bill
Status
2/8/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Kriesel
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AI Summary
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Permits private, nonpublic employers to grant hiring and promotion preference to veterans.
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Allows private employers to grant hiring and promotion preference to spouses of disabled veterans with service-connected permanent and total disabilities and surviving spouses of deceased veterans.
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Defines "disabled veteran" as a person with a compensable service-connected disability as adjudicated by the U.S. Veterans Administration or a branch of the armed forces retirement board.
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Establishes that granting veteran or spouse preference does not violate state or local equal employment opportunity laws, including chapter 363A.
Legislative Description
Veterans and spouses of a disabled or deceased veteran hiring and promotion preference by private employer permitted.
Last Action
Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Commerce and Regulatory Reform
2/29/2012