MA H3671

Bill

Amending the definition of veteran

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the definition of veteran. Veterans and Federal Affairs.

AI Summary

This bill amends the definition of "veteran" in Massachusetts law to include members of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Corps, United States Public Health Service, and United States Space Force. This change expands the legal definition of "veteran" to recognize the service of individuals in these additional military or uniformed services.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (9)

Patrick Kearney (D)*, Linda Campbell (D), David DeCoste (R), Michelle DuBois (D), Nika Elugardo (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Maria Robinson (D), Adam Scanlon (D), Steve Xiarhos (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5070 (on 08/25/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3671

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3671
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3671.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1004	Relative to farmers' markets	Accompanied a study order, see H5041	Similar To
H1507	Relative to the definition of attempted murder	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H1920	Relative to juvenile justice	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H2576	Defining person for retirement purposes	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H5070	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1230	Expanding whistleblower protections	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1510	Relative to the definition of podiatry	Accompanied H2270	Similar To
S2086	Relative to the definition of fraud in public construction bid laws	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2399	Defining "Gold Star families"	Accompanied a study order, see S2680	Similar To
S43	Further defining a quorum of a public body in the town of Monson	New draft (Gobi) substituted, see S2610	Similar To
S790	To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Accompanied S771	Similar To

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