What's happening
This bill expands the definition of veteran for civil service exam points to include those awarded certain combat medals.
Why it matters
Broadens who qualifies as a "veteran" for civil service exam preferences. by including honorably discharged service members awarded specific combat medals, even if they did not serve in a formally declared "time of war." This could help more recent or unconventional combat veterans access job advantages.
Acknowledges new and diverse forms of military service and sacrifice. by recognizing medals like the Combat Action Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, and others—reflecting the changing nature of military conflicts and how valor is recognized.
Potentially increases access to government jobs for post-9/11 and modern veterans. , who may have seen combat and earned these medals but do not fit older, narrower definitions of wartime service, thus promoting workforce diversity and veteran reintegration.
Ensures disabled veterans with these combat distinctions also receive additional credit. on exams, expanding support for those who suffered service-connected disabilities in more recent or less traditionally classified combat situations.
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Who cares
Veterans with specified combat awards
The bill would let honorably discharged recipients qualify as veterans for civil service purposes without the existing wartime-service requirement, subject to residency and citizenship or permanent-residence requirements.
Disabled veterans with specified combat awards
The bill would add a disabled-veteran eligibility provision for recipients certified as entitled to payments for a service-incurred disability that still exists when they apply or face retention.
Civil service agencies
Agencies would need to apply the expanded eligibility definitions when determining veterans’ preferences, including disabled veterans’ additional exam credits of ten points for original appointments and five points for promotions.
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Expand Veterans' Exam Preference
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History
- Referred to veterans' affairs
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5235
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to veterans and competitive civil service exam points
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean:
(1) a member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war, who was honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be; or
(2) a member of the armed forces of the United States who was honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, who is a resident of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, and who was awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat Infantryman Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge, (v) Combat Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal.
§ 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
(1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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five points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion, and
§ 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as follows:
(4) A veteran who is certified by the United States veterans' administration or a military department as entitled to receive disability payments upon certification of such veterans' administration or a military department for a disability incurred by him or her in the course of his or her time of service and in existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, and who was awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat Infantryman Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge, (v) Combat Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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