Veterans

signed · California · Senate Sep 9, 2025

SCR 61: Military and Veteran Suicide Prevention Awareness.

This measure would proclaim the week of September 15, 2025, to September 21, 2025, inclusive, as Military and Veterans Suicide Prevention Awareness Week in California.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransProclaims Military and Veteran Suicide Prevention Awareness Week, aligning with recognition and mental health support indicators for veterans.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

signed · California · Senate Sep 9, 2025

SCR 28: Relative to Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day.

SCR 28 designates September 28, 2025, as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day in California. This ceremonial resolution honors families who have lost a member in military service. It does not create new laws or alter existing policies; it simply recognizes these families through a formal state designation. The measure directly affects California residents by providing a designated day for public acknowledgment of Gold Star families' sacrifices.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransDesignates a day to honor Gold Star families, recognizing sacrifices of veterans' families, aligning with veteran recognition support.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

signed · California · Assembly Sep 5, 2025

AJR 15: The Major Richard Star Act.

This measure would urge the United States Congress to pass the Major Richard Star Act to ensure veterans with disabilities receive their full United States Department of Defense retirement pay and United States Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation without offset.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill explicitly urges Congress to eliminate offset between DoD retirement pay and VA disability compensation, ensuring veterans receive full benefits without reduction.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

signed · California · Senate Sep 3, 2025

SCR 90: Relative to the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway.

This measure would redesignate a portion of State Highway 198, as described, in the County of Tulare as the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to update the signs identifying this highway, as specified.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransNames highway after Brigadier General Charles Young (first Black brigadier general) to honor veteran service - direct recognition aligns with topic's recognition indicator.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

passed · California · Senate Aug 29, 2025

SR 65: Relative to the Mohammed Kahn.

Senate Resolution 65 honors Private Mohammed Kahn, an Afghan immigrant who served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865) and became one of the few Muslim veterans to receive a federal pension. The resolution commemorates his military service, including battles like Malvern Hill and Spotsylvania, as well as his resilience amid racial and religious barriers, such as being misidentified as a Blackfoot Indian and wrongly arrested. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies to Afghan American cultural organizations, Muslim American institutions, and Civil War historical societies to preserve and share Kahn’s story for future generations.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill explicitly honors veteran Private Mohammed Kahn's service and commemorates his contributions, aligning with recognition-focused veteran policies per topic description.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

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signed · California · Senate Jul 25, 2025

SCR 79: Relative to The Brad Mettam Memorial Interchange.

This measure would designate the interchange on State Route 101 at Indianola Cutoff Undercrossing in the County of Humboldt as the Brad Mettam Memorial Interchange. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, erect those signs.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill designates interchange as 'Brad Mettam Memorial' recognizing veteran service, aligning with topic's recognition indicator for veterans.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

signed · California · Assembly Jul 8, 2025

ACR 16: Relative to the POW/MIA Bridge.

This measure would designate the Feather River Bridge and Overhead of State Highway Route 20 in the Cities of Marysville and Yuba City as the POW/MIA Bridge. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransDesignates bridge as POW/MIA memorial, recognizing veterans' service per topic indicators without policy or funding implications.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

signed · California · Senate Jul 3, 2025

SCR 56: Relative to National Military Appreciation Month.

This measure would honor those service members who have served and are serving in our nation's military, and would recognize the month of May 2025 as National Military Appreciation Month.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill designates May 2025 as National Military Appreciation Month to honor service members who have served (veterans), aligning with 'recognizes veteran service' support indicator.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

passed · California · Senate Jul 2, 2025

SB 798: Veterans.

Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of any county to grant financial assistance, relief, and support to indigent veterans, as specified. Existing law authorizes this assistance to include the necessary expenses, not to exceed $350, for burial or cremation of any indigent veteran. This bill would increase that amount to $1,000.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransIncreases burial assistance for indigent veterans from $350 to $1,000, expanding financial support for veteran services.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans

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signed · California · Assembly Jun 25, 2025

ACR 89: Relative to Military Appreciation Month.

This measure would honor the men and women who have served and are serving in our nation's military and would recognize the month of May 2025 as Military Appreciation Month.

Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill designates May 2025 as Military Appreciation Month to honor veterans' service, directly aligning with recognition as a support indicator for veterans.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Veterans