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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6748
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3126
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AND MILITARY
AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. JOHNSON, 143rd Dist.
REP. DELANY, 144th Dist.
REP. SANTANELLA, 58th Dist.
REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE RECORDING OF CERTAIN
MILITARY DISCHARGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 27 of the general statutes be amended to allow any person 1
who was released from the armed forces with a general discharge or an 2
other-than-honorable discharge due solely to such person's sexual 3
orientation, gender identity or gender expression to petition the 4
Commissioner of Veterans Affairs for purposes of having such person's 5
discharge, on any state veteran's registry, instead recorded as 6
"honorable". 7
Statement of Purpose:
To allow any person with a general discharge or an other-than-
honorable discharge due solely to such person's sexual orientation,
gender identity or gender expression to have such person's discharge,
on any state veteran's registry, instead recorded as "honorable".