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Public Act 21-79 Brought an other than honorable discharge based on a qualifying condition inside the definition of veteran

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2021 Regular Session

Expands benefits Brings a person discharged other than honorably because of a qualifying condition inside the definition of veteran that every Connecticut benefit keys off.

Rewrote section 27-103 so that a person released with an other than honorable discharge based on a qualifying condition is a veteran for the general statutes. A qualifying condition is a VA-facility diagnosis of PTSD or traumatic brain injury, a disclosed experience of military sexual trauma, or a determination that sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression was more likely than not the primary reason for the discharge. Because every Connecticut benefit in this catalog keys off that definition, the act reaches all of them at once.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Referred to the Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs, which drafted the bill
  2. In committee Done, Joint Favorable from Veterans' and Military Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done, date not recorded

Sponsors

  • Veterans' and Military Affairs CommitteeSponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Raghib Allie-BrennanCo-sponsor, House, District 2
  • Jeff CurreyCo-sponsor, House, District 11
  • Alex KasserCo-sponsor, Senate, District 36
  • Matt BlumenthalCo-sponsor, House, District 147
  • Christine PalmCo-sponsor, House, District 36
  • Michael A. WinklerCo-sponsor, House, District 56
  • John "Jack" F. HennessyCo-sponsor, House, District 127
  • Nicole Klarides-DitriaCo-sponsor, House, District 105
  • Dorinda BorerCo-sponsor, House, District 115
  • Susan M. JohnsonCo-sponsor, House, District 49
  • David MichelCo-sponsor, House, District 146
  • Stephen G. HardingCo-sponsor, House, District 107
  • Anthony J. D'AmelioCo-sponsor, House, District 71
  • Patricia A. DillonCo-sponsor, House, District 92
  • Kenneth M GuckerCo-sponsor, House, District 138
  • Holly H. CheesemanCo-sponsor, House, District 37
  • Bobby G. GibsonCo-sponsor, House, District 15
  • Geraldo C. ReyesCo-sponsor, House, District 75
  • Hilda E. SantiagoCo-sponsor, House, District 84
  • Patrick S. BoydCo-sponsor, House, District 50
  • Jane M. GaribayCo-sponsor, House, District 60
  • Kara RochelleCo-sponsor, House, District 104

What it touches

  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-103
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-81(19)

Catalog entries (3)

Official record

Read Public Act 21-79 on the jurisdiction's own record