| HB 0012 |
Neutral | Georgia Military Service Integrity and Preservation Act; enact |
Rogers, Terry 10th |
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3/15/2016 |
Senate Read Second Time |
JudyNC |
VM&HS |
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| This legislation makes it a misdemeanor for an individual to fraudulently represent himself or herself to be a military veteran in order to obtain a benefit from the county, employment, advancement, or election to public office. |
| HB 0443 |
Neutral | Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Act |
Dempsey, Katie 13th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
I&L |
VM&HS |
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| This legislation allows private employers to have veterans' preference employment policies that give preference to veterans over other qualified applicants in hiring, promoting and retaining. Any such veterans' preference employment policy is not considered to violate any state or local equal employment opportunity laws. |
| SB 0069 |
Neutral | State Defense Force; remove restrictions; rights of public officers and employees to be absent for service; reemployment rights |
Hill, Judson 32nd |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
D&VA |
VM&HS |
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| This legislation removes the prohibition against State Defense officers from being entitled to the same benefits as those serving in the National Guard, such as the right to continue to be paid by the county for up to 18 days per yer while performing ordered military duty or up to 30 days during a state of emergency when called to duty by the Governor.
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