l9n/ Connecticut

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 5580

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DISCHARGED DUE TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to study the prevalence in this state of former members of the armed forces discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from active service as a result of a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury and the operational and financial feasibility of expanding state veterans' benefits, services and other resources to such former members.

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

2 co-sponsors

Stephen G. Harding Jr., Kevin Skulczyck

Its course

January 12 to March 1, 2017, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Feb 28 · stopped47 days

Veterans' and Military Affairs CommitteeJan 12 to Feb 28 · stopped47 days

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 12 – Mar 1

  1. Jan 12Introduced and sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
  2. Feb 7Heard in Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
  3. Feb 28Drafted as a bill by Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
  4. Mar 1Sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Jan 26Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
  3. Feb 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  4. Feb 16Vote to DraftBoth houses
  5. Feb 28DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
  6. Mar 1REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses