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Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
Introduced
Summary
Prioritizes hiring military veterans and people with disabilities for election worker roles. This bill would let state and local jurisdictions give hiring preference to veterans, individuals with disabilities, and nonresident military spouses or dependents when staffing people who administer elections.
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- Veterans: Allows states and localities to give hiring preference to veterans for election worker positions.
- People with disabilities: Defines an "individual with a disability" as someone whose impairment substantially limits major life activities and allows jurisdictions to prefer those individuals when hiring election staff.
- Nonresident military spouses and dependents: Authorizes preference for nonresident military spouses or dependents and prevents denying employment solely because they do not live in the jurisdiction.
- Local election officials: Gives states and localities discretion to apply these preferences and any related waivers when hiring workers for an election.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Election hiring preference for veterans, disabled
If enacted, a State or local government would be allowed to give hiring preference for election workers to veterans and to people with disabilities. The bill would also let jurisdictions prefer nonresident military spouses or dependents who are absent uniformed services voters. A state or locality could not refuse to hire those military spouses or dependents only because they do not live in the jurisdiction. The bill defines a person with a disability as someone whose impairment substantially limits major life activities. This change would take effect on the date of enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/9/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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