Veterans’ Assistance

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Veterans’ Assistance ; Requiring the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, subject to appropriation, to expand programs connecting veterans and their families and survivors to certain services, benefits, and support; requiring the department to host public events for such purpose; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature, etc.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 26, 2025SenateFiled
2. Mar 6, 2025CommitteeReferred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
3. Mar 10, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. Mar 13, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
5. Mar 18, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 · Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security5–0 vote
6. Mar 19, 2025CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
7. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
8. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Tom A. WrightR Primary sponsor · District 8