Substitute for H.B. No. 6748
Session Year 2025

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECORDING OF A MILITARY DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION UPON A STATE VETERANS REGISTRY AS "HONORABLE" AND MAKING A MINOR TECHNICAL REVISION TO A CERTAIN SUCH CHARACTERIZATION.

To allow any person who received an other than honorable discharge and who believes such discharge characterization was based on such person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression to apply to have such person's discharge characterization recorded upon a state veterans registry as "honorable".

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