Bill Text: CT SB00230 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Employment Applications Of Military Spouses.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-23 - Public Hearing 02/27 [SB00230 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00230-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 230
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 1186
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)

AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS OF MILITARY SPOUSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Applicant" means any person actively seeking employment from an employer;

(2) "Armed forces" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of the general statutes;

(3) "Employer" means any person engaged in business who has one or more employees, including the state or any political subdivision of the state; and

(4) "Spouse" means a husband or wife, as the case may be.

(b) Each employer shall include on any employment application form utilized by such employer a section permitting an applicant to identify himself or herself as the spouse of a member of the armed forces.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To afford military spouses the opportunity to identify themselves as such on employment applications.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]