SB588: relative to employer notice of veterans' benefits and services.

CHAPTER 261

SB 588-FN - FINAL VERSION

06/13/2024 2316EBA

2024 SESSION

24-3147

05/06

SENATE BILL 588-FN

AN ACT relative to employer notice of veterans' benefits and services.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill directs the labor commissioner, in consultation with the department of business and economic affairs, to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster for employers to display in the workplace.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06/13/2024 2316EBA 24-3147

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to employer notice of veterans' benefits and services.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

261:1 New Section; Protective Legislation; Posting Relative to Veterans Benefits and Services. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 49 the following new section:

275:49-a Posting Relative to Veterans' Benefits and Services.

I. The labor commissioner, in consultation with the department of business and economic affairs and the office of workforce opportunity, shall create and distribute to employers a veterans' benefits and services notice or poster. Employers shall display the notice or poster in a location accessible to all employees.

II. The veterans' benefits and services notice or poster shall include information regarding the services and resources available to veterans, including:

(a) Contact and website information for the New Hampshire department of military affairs and veterans services;

(b) Information about substance abuse and mental health treatment resources;

(c) Educational, workforce, and training resources;

(d) Resources for tax benefit information;

(e) Information about obtaining a veteran's indicator on a state driver's license or nondriver's picture identification card;

(f) Information about eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits under state or federal law;

(g) Legal services resources; and

(h) Contact information for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line.

261:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 19, 2024

Effective Date: September 17, 2024