VETERANS: Provides relative to veterans cemeteries burial fees
This bill updates Louisiana law to allow the state to charge a burial fee of $745 for veterans interred in state-operated veterans cemeteries. The fee amount is tied to federal plot allowances and varies depending on the date of the deceased veteran's death. To help those facing financial hardship, the law requires the department to create rules that permit waiving all or part of this fee. Additionally, the bill authorizes the department to use the money collected from these fees to cover the costs of running the cemeteries.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Apr 8, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 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 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Peter Egan
RRepublican
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