Senate Bill S7201

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the department of veterans' services to provide certain assistance to veterans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4, Veterans' Services L

2023-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of veterans' services to provide legal and/or technical support to veterans who want to change his or her discharged status to honorable because such person was dishonorably or administratively discharged from the armed services due to sexual orientation.

2023-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7201 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7201
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law,  in  relation  to  providing
   certain support for veterans to help alter their discharged status

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4 of the  veterans'  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
   38. TO PROVIDE LEGAL AND/OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR VETERANS WHO WANT TO
 CHANGE HIS OR HER DISCHARGED STATUS TO HONORABLE BECAUSE SUCH PERSON WAS
 DISHONORABLY  OR ADMINISTRATIVELY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED SERVICES DUE
 TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S                                                          LBD10714-01-3

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