Burial Benefits Veteran Spouse
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for veterans' spouses and dependents burial fees at the veterans' cemetery
This bill would...
- Pay the burial costs for Veteran Spouse at Veterans Cemetery
- $160,000
SENATE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS
- Changed appropriations to $250,000
- Committee recommends DO PASS as amended 7-0-0 SJ 347
- Referred to Senate Appropriations
- Committee recommends DO PASS 13-0-1 SJ 487
- PASSED SENATE 46-0 SJ 511
HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS
- Reduced appropriations from $250,000 to $125,000
- Committee recommended DO PASS as amended 12-0-2 HJ 1206
- Referred to House Appropriations HJ 1215
- Committee recommended DO NOT PASS 19-2-0 HJ 1235
- FAILED HOUSE 44-46 HJ 1299
- Requested Senate to return HJ 1341
- Returned to House SJ 1103
- HOUSE RECONSIDERED HJ 1371
- PASSED HOUSE 67-27 HJ 1371
- SENATE REFUSED TO CONCUR to amendments SJ 1201
- Senate Conference Committee assigned: Vedaa, Elkin, Marcellais SJ 1201
- House Conference Committee assigned: Schauer, Karls, Johnston
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS
- Reduced from $250,000 to $175,000
- Changed from "paying" cost of interring to "defraying" the cost of interring
- Change from 2019-2021 bienium to Period of: March 1, 2020-June 30, 2021
- PASSED SENATE 47-0 SJ 1626
- PASSED HOUSE 69-21 HJ 1888
FISCAL NOTE: $175,000
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 4/23/2019 SJ 1894
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