Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06290 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/19/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6290
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1425
 *01425*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. STOKES, 58th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6290 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1425

*01425*

Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS 

Introduced by:

REP. STOKES, 58th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING VETERAN FUNERAL HONORS.

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

That section 27-76 of the general statutes be amended to mandate that veteran funeral honor guard details consist of not less than five members, two of which shall be riflemen or riflewomen, plus one bugler.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide that honor guard details at veteran funerals shall consist of at least five members and include a firing party of at least two such members.