Don't Ask, Don't Tell: discharge characterizations.
Summary
This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to address, with effective policies, the issue of servicemembers who were unjustly discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" or predecessor provisions, in order to unify efforts to upgrade discharges issued under the DADT policy, and to restore benefits.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Aug 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced Jun 29, 2023
Signed Aug 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2024 · Assembly Aug 15, 2024
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 11 other
Total votes 40
Jun 3, 2024
D
Democratic31
90% Yea
R
Republican9
11% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Aug 21, 2024
Introduced
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2 p.m.
legislature
Aug 15, 2024
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (62-0-17)
assembly
Aug 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6311.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25).
lower
Jun 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-0-11)
senate
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 4289.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3704.) (April 22).
upper
Apr 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
upper
Jul 12, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
upper
Jun 29, 2023
Introduced
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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