CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5112

Chapter 255, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



VETERANS--AFGHANISTAN--IRAQ



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the Senate April 18, 2005
  YEAS 46   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 5, 2005
  YEAS 89   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5112 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved May 3, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 3, 2005 - 4:50 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5112
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Schmidt, Rockefeller, Rasmussen, Kline, Sheldon, Keiser, Doumit, Berkey, Kastama, Haugen, McAuliffe, Franklin, Johnson, Kohl-Welles, Benson and Oke)

READ FIRST TIME 02/02/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to veterans of the Afghanistan conflict and the Persian Gulf War II; and reenacting and amending RCW 41.04.005.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 41.04.005 and 2002 c 292 s 1 and 2002 c 27 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) As used in RCW 41.04.005, 41.16.220, 41.20.050, 41.40.170, and 28B.15.380 "veteran" includes every person, who at the time he or she seeks the benefits of RCW 41.04.005, 41.16.220, 41.20.050, 41.40.170, or 28B.15.380 has received an honorable discharge or received a discharge for physical reasons with an honorable record and who meets at least one of the following criteria:
     (a) The person has served between World War I and World War II or during any period of war, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, as either:
     (i) A member in any branch of the armed forces of the United States;
     (ii) A member of the women's air forces service pilots;
     (iii) A U.S. documented merchant mariner with service aboard an oceangoing vessel operated by the war shipping administration, the office of defense transportation, or their agents, from December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946; or
     (iv) A civil service crewmember with service aboard a U.S. army transport service or U.S. naval transportation service vessel in oceangoing service from December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946; or
     (b) The person has received the armed forces expeditionary medal, or marine corps and navy expeditionary medal, for opposed action on foreign soil, for service:
     (i) In any branch of the armed forces of the United States; or
     (ii) As a member of the women's air forces service pilots.
     (2) A "period of war" includes:
     (a) World War I;
     (b) World War II;
     (c) The Korean conflict;
     (d) The Vietnam era(([, which])), which means:
     (i) The period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period;
     (ii) The period beginning August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975;
     (e) The Persian Gulf War, which was the period beginning August 2, 1990, and ending on the date prescribed by presidential proclamation or law;
     (f) The period beginning on the date of any future declaration of war by the congress and ending on the date prescribed by presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the congress; and
     (g) The following armed conflicts, if the participant was awarded the respective campaign badge or medal: The crisis in Lebanon; the invasion of Grenada; Panama, Operation Just Cause; Somalia, Operation Restore Hope; Haiti, Operation Uphold Democracy; and Bosnia, Operation Joint Endeavor; southern or central Asia, Operation Enduring Freedom; Persian Gulf, Operation Iraqi Freedom.


         Passed by the Senate April 18, 2005.
         Passed by the House April 5, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 2005.