LB 419 Legislature · 109th Legislature (2025-2026)

Change provisions relating to admission to veterans homes and veterans aid

LB 419 updates Nebraska's laws to make eligibility rules for veterans homes and veterans aid more consistent. It clarifies that veterans, their spouses, and surviving family members must meet specific requirements to qualify, including two years of Nebraska residency, proof of need for care due to service, age, or disability, and income limits. The bill also sets clear rules for applying for aid, allowing only one application every 30 days and ensuring state funds are used exclusively for direct assistance - not for organizing veterans groups. These changes streamline the process for veterans seeking support while maintaining existing eligibility standards.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Legislature Passage
May 2025
Legislature Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrollment and Review ER62 · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended during the Enrollment and Review process to clarify eligibility criteria for Nebraska veterans homes and veterans aid. The changes reorganize the statute to better define who qualifies for care, including specific requirements for spouses and parents of deceased veterans. The amendments also update administrative procedures for submitting aid claims and clarify how funds can be used.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on veterans benefits, but eligibility criteria were restructured to more clearly define qualifying individuals, including specific provisions for spouses and parents of deceased servicemembers.
ELIGIBILITY

Reorganized eligibility requirements for veterans homes to clearly list criteria for applicants, including residency duration, need for care, income limitations, and dependency on public charities.

Added explicit eligibility for parents of eligible servicemen and servicewomen who died while in service or from service-connected disabilities.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that surviving spouses and parents must meet specific conditions including two years of Nebraska residency, age fifty, inability to earn a livelihood, and dependency on public charities.

ENFORCEMENT

Updated administrative procedures for aid claims to specify that claimants can only submit one claim within any thirty-day period, with exceptions for funeral expenses.

FISCAL

Clarified that interest from the Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund cannot be used to organize or maintain veterans organizations, and specified how appropriated funds can be used for state service office operations.

Floor votes · Legislature Apr 25, 2025

How they voted

420
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 49
Apr 25, 2025
N Nonpartisan49
42 Yea 7
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on May 13, 2025
executive
May 9, 2025
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
May 9, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2
legislature
May 1, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER62 adopted
legislature
Apr 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM606 adopted
legislature
Apr 15, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM606
legislature
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
legislature
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dan Lonowski
Dan Lonowski
NNonpartisan
NE
33