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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 497 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senators D. Wallace, C. Tucker 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Nazarenko 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LABOR; TO REQUIRE 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | THE CREATION OF A POSTER REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | AND SERVICES; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | THE POSTER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A POSTER 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS AND 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY THE POSTER. 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 11, Chapter 2, Subchapter 1, is amended 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | to add an additional section to read as follows: 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | 11-2-126. Posting of veterans' benefits and services. 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (a)(1) The Department of Labor and Licensing, in consultation with the 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | Department of Veterans Affairs, shall create and distribute a veterans' 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | benefits and services poster to employers. 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (2) The poster created under subdivision (a)(1) of this section 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | shall include without limitation the following information: 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (A) Contact and website information for the Department of 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | Veterans Affairs programs and services; 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (B) Substance abuse and mental health treatment options; 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (C) Educational, workforce, and training resources; 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (D) Tax benefits; 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | (E) The availability of a veteran's designation on a 36 SB497 |
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| 42 | 41 | | driver's license or an identification card; 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (F) Eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits under 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | state and federal law; 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | (G) Legal services; and 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | (H) Contact information for the United States Department 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line. 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | (b) An employer in the state with fifty (50) or more full -time 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | equivalent employees shall display the poster created under this section in a 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | conspicuous place accessible to employees in the employer's workplace. 9 |
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