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Nevada Senate Bill SB117

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

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77 SENATE BILL NO. 117–SENATOR CRUZ-CRAWFORD
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99 PREFILED JANUARY 27, 2025
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1212 JOINT SPONSOR: ASSEMBLYMEMBER MOORE
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1515 Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
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1717 SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to services for veterans.
1818 (BDR 37-795)
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2020 FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
2121 Effect on the State: Yes.
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2525 EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
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2828 AN ACT relating to veterans; requiring the Director of the
29-Department of Veterans Services to make available to
30-certain agencies, resource centers or programs any
31-existing informational materials concerning the process
32-for applying for an upgrade to the character of a veteran’s
33-discharge from service or a change in the narrative reason
34-for a veteran’s discharge from service; and providing
35-other matters properly relating thereto.
29+Department of Veterans Services to develop and make
30+available to certain agencies, resource centers or programs
31+a program of training and informational materials
32+concerning the process for applying for an upgrade to the
33+character of a veteran’s discharge from service or a
34+change in the narrative reason for a veteran’s discharge
35+from service; and providing other matters properly
36+relating thereto.
3637 Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
3738 Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Veterans Services to 1
38-conduct outreach to, and provide assistance designed for the unique needs of, 2
39-veterans and members of the military who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender 3
40-and their spouses and dependents. Existing law further requires this outreach and 4
41-assistance to include, without limitation, a requirement for the Director to provide 5
42-assistance in applying for an upgrade to the character of the veteran’s discharge 6
43-from service or a change in the narrative reason for the veteran’s discharge from 7
44-service. (NRS 417.121) This bill additionally requires the Director to, as part of 8
45-such outreach and assistance, make available to any agency, resource center or 9
46-program in this State which provides services and resources to veterans and 10
47-members of the military regarding the benefits, services, programs and assistance 11
48-available to veterans any existing informational materials concerning the process 12
49-for applying for an upgrade to the character of the veteran’s discharge from service 13
50-or a change in the narrative reason for the veteran’s discharge from service. 14
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39+conduct outreach to, and provide assistance designed for the unique needs of, veterans 2
40+and members of the military who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and their 3
41+spouses and dependents. Existing law further requires this outreach and assistance to 4
42+include, without limitation, a requirement for the Director to provide assistance in 5
43+applying for an upgrade to the character of the veteran’s discharge from service or a 6
44+change in the narrative reason for the veteran’s discharge from service. (NRS 7
45+417.121) This bill additionally requires the Director to, as part of such outreach and 8
46+assistance, develop and make available to any agency, resource center or program in 9
47+this State which provides services and resources to veterans and members of the 10
48+military regarding the benefits, services, programs and assistance available to veterans 11
49+a program of training and informational materials concerning the process for applying 12
50+for an upgrade to the character of the veteran’s discharge from service or a change in 13
51+the narrative reason for the veteran’s discharge from service. 14
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5757 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
5858 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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6060 Section 1. NRS 417.121 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
6161 417.121 1. The Director shall conduct outreach to, and 2
6262 provide assistance designed for the unique needs of, veterans and 3
6363 members of the military who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or 4
6464 transgender and their spouses and dependents, including, without 5
6565 limitation [, providing] : 6
6666 (a) Providing assistance in applying for an upgrade to the 7
6767 character of the veteran’s discharge from service or a change in the 8
6868 narrative reason for the veteran’s discharge from service [.] ; and 9
69- (b) Making available to any agency, resource center or 10
70-program in this State which provides services and resources to 11
71-veterans and members of the military regarding the benefits, 12
72-services, programs and assistance available to veterans any 13
73-existing informational materials concerning the process for 14
74-applying for an upgrade to the character of the veteran’s 15
75-discharge from service or a change in the narrative reason for the 16
76-veteran’s discharge from service. 17
69+ (b) Developing and making available to any agency, resource 10
70+center or program in this State which provides services and 11
71+resources to veterans and members of the military regarding the 12
72+benefits, services, programs and assistance available to veterans a 13
73+program of training and informational materials concerning the 14
74+process for applying for an upgrade to the character of the 15
75+veteran’s discharge from service or a change in the narrative 16
76+reason for the veteran’s discharge from service. 17
7777 2. As used in this section, “veteran” means a resident of this 18
7878 State who meets the qualifications of subsection 1 of NRS 417.005. 19
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