BILL NUMBER: SB 723	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Leno
  and Lieu   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 325.51 to the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 723, as amended, Correa. Veterans.
   Existing law requires the Employment Development Department, in
consultation and coordination with veterans' organizations and
veteran service providers, to research the needs of veterans
throughout the state and develop a profile of veterans' employment
and training needs and to seek federal funding for those purposes.
   This bill would require the Employment Development Department and
the Department of Consumer Affairs, on or before January 1, 2015,
jointly to present a report to the Legislature  addressing
specified matters relating to military training programs and state
credentialing programs   containing best practices 
 by   state governments around the nation in
facilitating the credentialing of veterans by using their documented
military education and experience  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 325.51 is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:
   325.51.  The  
  SECTION 1.    Section 325.51 is added to the Unemployment
Insurance Code, immediately following Section 325.5, to read: 
    325.51.   The  Employment Development
Department and the Department of Consumer Affairs, on or before
January 1, 2015, jointly shall present a report to the Legislature
containing  all of the following: 
    (a)     Best 
 best  practices by state governments around the nation in
facilitating the credentialing of veterans by using their documented
military education and experience. 
   (b) Military occupational specialties within all branches of the
United States Armed Forces that readily transfer to high-demand
civilian jobs.  
   (c) The departments' past and current efforts to collaborate with
key public and private sector stakeholders to address the gaps
between military training programs and state credentialing programs
with respect to at least five specific vocations or professions that
are credentialed or licensed by the Department of Consumer Affairs.