Yes, this is likely to fail, but one of the powers the minority has in a legislature is to introduce bills like this to remind people what the majority could have been doing
With republicans narrow majorities, it only takes a handful of defections to get things through. Doing stuff like this helps make more republicans squeamish and can help get those flips
How about reinstating all of the employees, since they were fired illegally?
Maybe this has a 1% chance of passing instead of a 0% chance for “all,” but democrats should stop building policy around republicans’ expectations. This watered-down crap does nothing in the end.
Since it’s unlikely to pass, the real value is in getting Republicans’ names attached to a “no” vote. Then Democrats can campaign to red areas and show how anti-veteran the Republicans have been this session, which plays a lot better in those areas than an “all” bill that doesn’t mention veterans.