Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06373 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6373
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2887
 *02887*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist. SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6373 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2887

*02887*

Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS 

Introduced by:

REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.

SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A VETERANS' PREFERENCE IN PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 557 of the general statutes be amended to allow private employers to give preference in hiring to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of disabled veterans and surviving spouses of honorably discharged veterans. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow for a hiring preference for veterans in private employment.