Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025
This bill allows Purple Heart veterans who served after September 11, 2001, to transfer unused Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members. Specifically, veterans can transfer up to 36 months of benefits to eligible dependents (like spouses or children) without affecting their own remaining benefits. It sets rules for when dependents can use transferred benefits - children must complete high school or turn 18 first, and benefits expire by age 26 unless used for caregiving or due to school closures. The bill also ensures transferred benefits aren’t treated as marital property and includes special provisions for caregivers of injured veterans or emergency school closures.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 30, 2025
Last action Mar 18, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
upper
Dec 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patty Murray
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
John Hoeven
RRepublican
Co
Jon Ossoff
DDemocratic
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
Co
Mark Kelly
DDemocratic
Co
Michael F. Bennet
DDemocratic
Co
Rick Scott
RRepublican
Ask Maddy
·
AI policy assistant
Ask Maddy about S 342
Scope: US
Hi! I can help you understand S 342. What would you like to know?
Try one of these
i
Maddy answers using official bill text and legislative records. Always verify before sharing.
Sources cited inline