VETERANS: Provides relative to educational benefits for beneficiaries of qualified veterans (EN +$100,000 GF EX See Note)
This bill modifies how educational benefits are distributed to veterans by adding two new requirements. First, it gives the Department of Veterans Affairs secretary the sole discretion to decide who receives these benefits. Second, it mandates that all beneficiaries must provide proof of financial need to qualify. These changes directly affect veterans and their families who rely on government-funded education support.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 25, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2024 · House May 1, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 30, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
8
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 15, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (17-0).
lower
Apr 22, 2024
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 30 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Edmond Jordan
DDemocratic
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