BILL · 1995–96 SESSION
SB 6143: Merchant marines/employment
Providing employment preferences for merchant marines who served in war zones.
Summary
- The definition of veteran is expanded. A veteran includes a person with the appropriate discharge, and who served during any period of war as a merchant mariner with service aboard an ocean going vessel in a war zone.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6143), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 8, 1996
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Dan Swecker (R-20)
- Introduced
- January 8, 1996 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 1996
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 6143 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 6143 (2023–24) Salmon habitat planning
- SB 6143 (2019–20) Podiatric medical board
- SB 6143 (2017–18) Unit priced contracts/cities
- SB 6143 (2015–16) Sentencing of offenders
- SB 6143 (2013–14) Tenant remedies
- SB 6143 (2011–12) Stolen property trafficking
- SB 6143 (2009–10) Excise tax law modifications