Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act
Latest action · Jul 19, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 19, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act
This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permit a widow or widower of a service member who died while in military service to terminate a lease of premises occupied, or intended to be occupied, by the service member or the service member's dependents for a residential, professional, business, agricultural, or similar purpose without penalty within one year of the service member's death.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 19, 2018 to Nov 14, 2018; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jul 19, 2018 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Jul 19, 2018 |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Original | Jul 19, 2018 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Jul 19, 2018 |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Aug 1, 2018 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Aug 1, 2018 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Oct 11, 2018 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Nov 14, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 19, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Jul 19, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Gold Star Spouses Leasing Relief Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2018Introduced in Senate
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