PRINTER'S NO. 1356
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1045
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, COSTA, BAKER, BREWSTER, FONTANA,
RAFFERTY, SABATINA AND YUDICHAK, OCTOBER 23, 2015
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
OCTOBER 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for
character of discharge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 104. Character of discharge.
(a) General rule.--Whenever a particular character of
discharge is a prerequisite to eligibility for receiving a
benefit provided for in this title, an individual must have
received a discharge from service under conditions other than
dishonorable. Recipients of a discharge under conditions other
than dishonorable include the following:
(1) A recipient of an honorable discharge.
(2) A recipient of a general, under honorable
conditions, discharge.
(3) A recipient of a discharge under other than
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