Love Lives On Act of 2025
Latest action · Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Love Lives On Act of 2025
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse.
Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.
The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2026Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 11, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- Mar 11, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 5, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1004 | Love Lives On Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Mar 26, 2026 |
| S 4744 | Take Care of America’s Veterans Act | Related bill | Jun 11, 2026 |
| HR 9237 | Take Care of America’s Veterans Act | Related bill | Jul 16, 2026 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
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