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OK SB422

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2015

Primary Sponsor

Tom Newell

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Voluntary Veterans' Preference Act" to permit employers to establish voluntary veterans' preference employment policies in Oklahoma.

  • Defines "veteran" as a person honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States, "DD 214" as the Department of Defense Report of Separation Form, and "veterans' preference employment policy" as an employer's voluntary preference for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran.

  • Requires veterans' preference employment policies to be in writing and applied uniformly to all employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or retention during reduction in force.

  • Requires veterans to submit a DD 214 form to an employer with a veterans' preference policy to be eligible for the preference.

  • Becomes effective November 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

Voluntary Veterans' Preference Act; requiring employer written policy. Effective date.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs

2/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Veterans and Military Affairs2/3/2015

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