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Committee moves broad slate of veterans bills to consent calendar and to the floor
Summary
The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee placed a series of bills on the consent calendar and referred multiple veterans-related measures to the floor on March 11; items included driver’s license renewals for veterans, fee waivers at public colleges, specialty license plates and other statutory clarifications.
The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on March 11 placed a large group of veterans-related measures on the consent calendar and referred several additional bills to the floor with committee language.
Consent calendar items (moved without recorded opposition in committee) included bills to provide no-cost driver's license and identity card renewals for veterans (SB 1150), to change income eligibility determinations for certain public assistance programs for veterans (SB 1151), a motor vehicle plate commemorating Connecticut women veterans (HB 5074), fee waivers at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and National Guard members (HB 6439), reimbursement of apprenticeship fees for veterans (HB 6722), specialty license plates recognizing various groups (HB 607204, HB 607305, HB 6734), support for dental services for certain veterans (HB 6765), a disabled veterans revolving loan fund (HB 6767), exclusions of federal disability payments from certain eligibility calculations (HB 7121 and HB 7122), protections for military families’ school enrollment stability (HB 7123), and other items listed in the committee’s consent calendar.
The clerk called a roll on the consent calendar and recorded affirmative responses from committee members; the clerk then proceeded to the nonconsent items. The committee also took specific votes on the agenda items covered individually elsewhere in this package (HB 6440, HB 6748, HB 6874). The clerk announced that recorded votes would remain open until 4 p.m. for confirmations.
