Governor Jack Markell signed two bills intended to help First State veterans at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover Monday.
One new law allows licensing boards to recognize military education and experience when issuing licenses, a move that could help servicemen and women transition from active duty.
The legislation also allows boards to issue temporary licenses to service personnel when they hold certification from other states.
Markell says the law corrects a flaw in helping veterans transition out of active service.
"It’s wrong when medical service personnel, for example, return from treating members of our armed forces overseas, and they want to pursue that same line of work in this country or certainly in Delaware, when they have to complete an entire educational program because they don’t have the right training or experience to obtain a nursing license in our state when they’re already proved themselves in the military," said Markell.
Deshawn Jenkins, a former Air Force medic who helped to promote the legislation, says a law like this would have greatly helped him when he left the service more than a decade ago.
"My process would have been a lot shorter. Instead of multiple years, it could have been maybe a year or months to transition into that," said Jenkins.
Markell signed another bill into law Monday creating special Delaware license plates to honor veterans. The plates will help fund Veterans Trust Fund established to provide direct aid to veterans in the First State.