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2024 Veterans Legislation Session Summary
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5/12/2025 10:00:40 AM
The Conference Committee for SF 1959, the Veterans and Military Affairs omnibus bill met for the first time on Thursday, May 8. The agenda featured a walkthrough of the side-by-side documents comparing the two versions of the bill.
Following the walkthrough, the committee recessed but never returned. All conference committees are awaiting joint budget targets from legislative leadership and the governor. The committee is expected to meet next week, but a hearing has not been scheduled.
The SF 2077 (Environment and Natural Resources budget bill) conference committee began its work on Friday. The Senate version contains a provision to provide disabled Veterans hunting and fishing licenses at a greatly reduced fee of $5, while still allowing the Department of Natural Resources to collect an excise tax from the federal government. This has been a priority for the Commanders’ Task Force for about a decade. This is the farthest this idea has made it in the legislative process.
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