Updated December 12, 2022 Military Parent Custody and Visitation So far, 10 states have enacted the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act while several other states have introduced and/or enacted similar legislation supporting deployed parents and their families. Military and Veterans Affairs Map Table
Updated December 12, 2022 Military Veterans in State Legislatures for 2021 An NCSL analysis conducted after the 2020 elections identified at least 911 military veterans currently serving in the legislatures of the 50 states and five U.S. territories. Military and Veterans Affairs Map Table
Updated November 10, 2022 Celebrating Veterans Who Continue to Serve as Legislators, Staffers According to NCSL’s one-of-a-kind tracking, more than 900 state legislators are military veterans, current reservists or members of the National Guard. Military and Veterans Affairs
Updated July 20, 2022 Military and Veterans State Legislation Database This searchable database tracks military and veterans legislation from the 2010-2018 legislative sessions. Military and Veterans Affairs Database
Updated May 27, 2022 Remembering and Honoring Those Who Died in US Military Service This weekend, Americans pause to remember those who have given their lives while serving in the nation’s armed forces. Falling on the last Monday of May each year, Memorial Day honors the men and women who died while serving in all branches of the U.S. military—more than 1.1 million military personnel in all conflicts from the Revolutionary War to the war on terror. Military and Veterans Affairs State Legislatures News
Updated May 03, 2022 State Employment Policies for Veterans with Disabilities This NCSL report focuses on state employment policies and programs for veterans with disabilities, many of which supplement and enhance efforts by the federal government. Military and Veterans Affairs Graphic Map Table
Updated December 27, 2021 Military and Veterans Affairs Task Force | Online Meeting | Dec. 2021 The NCSL Task Force on Military and Veteran Affairs explored a range of topics on Dec. 17 during its online meeting. The task force invited legislators who are veterans to attend the virtual meeting. Military and Veterans Affairs
Updated November 10, 2021 NCSL Salutes Military Veterans Who Continue to Serve as Legislators, Staffers For 45 years, the NCSL Legislative Summit and summer were linked together. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and everything changed. There was no in-person Summit in 2020. And in 2021, the Summit was moved to the fall. Military and Veterans Affairs State Legislatures News
Updated November 05, 2021 Vernice ‘FlyGirl’ Armour Gives You Permission to Engage Before getting approval to shoot missiles as America’s first Black female combat pilot, Vernice Armour, aka “FlyGirl,” would wait to hear the words: “You have permission to engage, cleared hot.” Military and Veterans Affairs State Legislatures Magazine State Legislatures News
Updated September 28, 2021 NCSL Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs | Online Meeting | Sept. 2021 The NCSL Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs held a virtual meeting on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Military and Veterans Affairs
Updated May 25, 2021 Remembering Our Military Heroes On Memorial Day, the nation sets aside time to honor those killed in military service and to express empathy and compassion for their families. Military and Veterans Affairs State Legislatures News
Updated April 22, 2021 Preventing Military Veteran Suicides: State Policy Options The suicide rate for veterans is 1.5 times the rate for the population at large. Veteran suicide prevention legislation in state legislatures focuses in several policy areas. Military and Veterans Affairs