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HB 687: Veterans' Preference for Promotion

GENERAL BILL by Daniels ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Killebrew

Veterans' Preference for Promotion; Requires state & political subdivisions to give veterans' preference in employment promotion; authorizes waiver of postsecondary educational requirements; requires DVA to adopt rules to ensure veterans' preference in promotion; requires numerically based selection process to be used to determine qualifications for promotion; requires preference in promotion in positions for which numerically based selection process is not used; provides for investigation & administrative hearing of complaint regarding veterans' promotion preference; provides that military retirement on basis of longevity does not disqualify person from veterans' promotion preference.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 5/5/2023 House - Died in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/9/2023 House • Filed
2/21/2023 House • Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
3/7/2023 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
5/5/2023 House • Died in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee