SR 22 Ohio Senate · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Urge federal govt reduce processing time-veteran disability claim

Summary

To urge the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Congress to take prompt action to reduce the processing time for veterans' disability benefit claims.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action May 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

As Adopted by the Senate → As Enrolled · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a Senate resolution to an enrolled version with minor text adjustments. The core content remains the same: urging federal officials to speed up veterans' disability claims processing. The main substantive change is a new requirement that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must ensure appeals conclude within three months of receiving an initial determination letter.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific requirement that the VA must ensure appeals conclude within three months of receiving an initial determination letter for each applicant.

TECHNICAL

Changed formatting from 'As Adopted by the Senate' to 'As Enrolled' with updated header information and resolution numbering.

Reorganized the WHEREAS clauses to improve readability while maintaining the same substantive content about veterans' service and VA statistics.

Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2025

How they voted

32–0

Passed

Total votes 32

May 14, 2025

D Democratic9

9 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican23

23 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Adopted

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to committee

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Introduced

Offered

upper

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors