Details Meeting Name: Committee on Veterans Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/27/2021 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 3) Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (5) 5 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2021-7864 *       Oversight - Assistance for Veterans Seeking to Upgrade Discharge Status. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2021-7864 *       Oversight - Assistance for Veterans Seeking to Upgrade Discharge Status. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2354-2021 * Eric Dinowitz   Proposed Int. No. 2354-A Relation to the definition of the term veteran and the membership of the veterans’ advisory board. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of the term “veteran” to additionally include persons currently serving in the active military service, regardless of discharge status or time served. The bill would also amend the definition to include those who serve or have served in the United States Public Health Service or as a commissioned member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This bill would also increase the membership of the Veterans’ Advisory Board (VAB) to 13 members, two of whom must be immediate family members, spouses or domestic partners, survivors or caregivers of veterans. The Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) would also be required to publish, and regularly update, a list of all VAB members on the department’s website including term information and appointing official. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2354-2021 * Eric Dinowitz     Relation to the definition of the term veteran and the membership of the veterans’ advisory board. Introduction This bill would amend the definition of the term “veteran” to additionally include persons currently serving in the active military service, regardless of discharge status or time served. The bill would also amend the definition to include those who serve or have served in the United States Public Health Service or as a commissioned member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This bill would also increase the membership of the Veterans’ Advisory Board (VAB) to 13 members, two of whom must be immediate family members, spouses or domestic partners, survivors or caregivers of veterans. The Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) would also be required to publish, and regularly update, a list of all VAB members on the department’s website including term information and appointing official. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available