Became law as Public Act 07-128, signed June 25, 2007, 152 days after it was filed.
2007 Regular Session
House Bill 6948
AN ACT CONCERNING STOLEN MILITARY VALOR AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) increase penalties for fraudulent use of a military uniform and discrimination against members of the armed forces, and (2) establish penalties for false claims of receipt of military medals.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
33 co-sponsors
Ted C. Graziani, Mike Alberts, William Aman, Ron Burns, Elizabeth A. Boukus, Selim G. Noujaim, Bryan Hurlburt, John Mazurek, Demetrios S. Giannaros, Deborah W. Heinrich, Catherine F. Abercrombie, John E. Stripp, Anthony J. D'Amelio, Steven T. Mikutel, Linda A. Orange, Stephen D. Dargan, Leonard C. Greene Jr., Elissa T. Wright, Emil "Buddy" Altobello, Vincent J. Candelora, Bob Godfrey, John J. Ryan, Bruce V. Morris, Thomas J. Drew, Joan A. Lewis, Lawrence G. Miller, Toni Boucher, Arthur J. O'Neill, Claudia M. Powers, John W. Hetherington, Raymond C. Kalinowski, Elizabeth B. Ritter, Penny Bacchiochi
In the Senate
Its course
January 24 to June 25, 2007, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action29 actions on 18 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to May 17113 days
Veterans' and Military Affairs CommitteeJan 24 to Mar 641 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 6 to Apr 1338 days
In the SenateMay 17 to May 3013 days
Waiting to be sentMay 30 to Jun 1516 days
With the GovernorJun 15 to Jun 2510 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 17 · Adopted May 30
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 24 – May 17
- Jan 24Introduced and sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Feb 6Heard in Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Feb 22Drafted as a bill by Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Feb 23Sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Mar 6Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
- Apr 13Judiciary Committee recommended it
- May 17The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A
In the Senate May 21 – May 30
- May 21Arrived in the Senate
- May 30The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A
To the Governor Jun 8 – Jun 25
- Jun 8Numbered Public Act 07-128
- Jun 15Sent to the Secretary of the State
- Jun 25Signed by the Governor
All 29 actions, as published
- Jan 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Jan 25Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
- Feb 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Feb 15Vote to DraftBoth houses
- Feb 22DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
- Feb 23REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 6Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
- Mar 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 7FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
- Mar 8FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- Apr 13Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Apr 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 23REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 30RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 30FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 30HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 30FILE NO.Both houses
- May 17HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- May 17HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- May 21FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- May 21SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- May 21FILE NO.Both houses
- May 30SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- May 30SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- May 30ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
- Jun 8PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
- Jun 15TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
- Jun 25SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor