MILITARY AFFAIRS: Provides relative to survivors' education benefits (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)
HB 385 amends the state's military affairs laws to adjust how survivors' education benefits are calculated for veterans. The bill removes specific language regarding "death" and other text from the statute, which changes the criteria used to determine eligibility for these benefits. This legislative change directly affects families of service members who rely on education assistance programs. By modifying the statutory definitions, the bill alters the administrative process for awarding or denying these funds.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Apr 8, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Tehmi Chassion
DDemocratic
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