Veterans
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation [HB-187]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard [HB-228]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Expanding the purposes of the Maryland Veterans Trust to include providing monetary and other assistance to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families; and authorizing the Maryland Veterans Trust to expend money from the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund to provide loans and grants to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 617 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans [SB-57]
[Veterans ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a licensed funeral establishment, crematory operator, or reduction facility to take certain actions if a certain veterans service organization does not take possession of certain unclaimed cremains, hydrolyzed remains, or soil remains that qualify for a plot in a veterans cemetery within a certain period of time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 362 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status [SB-89]
[Environmental ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish a certain process in collaboration with one or more boards under the Department's direction and control that requires a board to include a notation indicating veteran status on a professional license or certificate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 249 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Eligibility [HB-10]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing a postsecondary institution to contact, on request of an applicant for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program, the Department of Veterans and Military Families to verify the disability status of the veteran.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Veterans Trust - Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard [SB-246]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Expanding the purposes of the Maryland Veterans Trust to include providing monetary and other assistance to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families; and authorizing the Maryland Veterans Trust to expend money from the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund to provide loans and grants to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 618 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Veterans' Organizations [SB-17]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing a certain holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in Anne Arundel County to convert the license to a Class C (veterans' organization) license; reducing from $400 to $300 the annual license fee for a Class C (veterans' organization) license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to provide application and administrative fee discounts to certain licensees and applicants; and authorizing a Class C (veterans' organization) licensee to operate on Sunday without a Sunday license.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 783 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Veterans Benefits Matters - Claim Servicers - Prohibitions and Requirements [HB-267]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding compensation for certain services related to veterans benefits matters; prohibiting a person that is not V.A. accredited from making certain guarantees; providing for the enforcement of the Act under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and repealing certain advertising and disclosure requirements for veterans benefits services and veterans benefits appeals services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Third Reading Passed (123-15) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Veterans and Military Families Ombudsman - Establishment [HB-142]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Veterans and Military Families Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans and Military Families; establishing the purpose of the Ombudsman is to serve as a resource to provide information and support to veterans and military families regarding their rights and access to services; requiring the Ombudsman to be a veteran; requiring the Ombudsman to arrange for a toll-free telephone number to assist any individual seeking information or advice about available services; and requiring the Ombudsman to submit an annual report.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Identification Cards - Veteran Status Notation [SB-48]
[Veterans ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the Department of General Services to include a notation on a certain identification card indicating that the holder is a veteran under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to obtain the consent of a certain holder of an identification card before transmitting certain information to a certain executive agency; and prohibiting the Department from transmitting certain information obtained on an application for an identification card except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 247 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) [HB-60]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Retirement ]
Increasing, from $20,000 to $40,000 over a 2-year period, the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals, regardless of age, during a taxable year for certain military service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - High School Diploma - Veterans of Armed Conflicts [SB-137]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Authorizing certain individuals honorably discharged from military service to obtain a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from a full-time public or private high school to enlist in the armed forces of the United States during an armed conflict authorized by the President of the United States or Congress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing Canceled on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans [SB-182]
[Animals ]
[Veterans ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Expanding eligibility for the Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program to include a spouse or dependent of an eligible veteran.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 268 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Veterans - Burial at State Veterans' Cemeteries (Burial Equity Act) [SB-237]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Expanding eligibility for burial in a State veterans' cemetery to include members of the National Guard and the military reserves; removing the residency requirement for certain veterans for burial in a State veterans' cemetery; and establishing a burial fee equal to the annual plot allowance established by the National Cemetery Administration for National Guard and military reserves service members and their eligible dependents.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 67 and Title 70, Chapter 2, relative to disabled veterans. [HB-52]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Property Tax ]
As introduced, enacts the "Veterans Assistance for Livelihood, Opportunity, and Relief (VALOR) Act," which exempts disabled veterans who have 100 percent permanent and total disability from a service-connected cause from the payment of certain taxes and fees. - Amends TCA Section 5-8-102; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 67 and Title 70, Chapter 2.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hill
Sponsor(s) Added. on 07/17/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for disabled veterans. [HB-48]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
As introduced, removes the market value cap used for calculating property tax relief on the primary residence for disabled veterans who are eligible for property tax relief and requires the state to fully reimburse such veterans for local property taxes paid for a given tax year on that property. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Eldridge
Sponsor(s) Added. on 04/15/2025
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces; credit for service, teacher salary scale. [SB-445]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
Veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces; teachers; credit for service. Requires each local school board to give any veteran or active duty member of any of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth who it employs as a teacher in the local school division credit for any time served in any such forces in determining such teacher's step on the local school division's teacher salary scale.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tara A. Durant
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Transcranial magnetic stimulation; DBHDS to establish pilot program for veterans. [SB-636]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment; pilot program. Directs the Department of Veterans Services to establish a pilot program with two locations to make electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment available for certain military members, veterans, first responders, law-enforcement officers, and certain agents of federal agencies, and family members of the aforementioned individuals. The bill requires the Department to establish regulations for administration of the pilot program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie E. Locke
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention, Advisory Council on; established, report. [HB-80]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Military ]
Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention; established; report. Establishes the Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention to advise the State Health Commissioner on the regulations and infrastructure necessary to support clinical access to and training for medication-assisted U.S. Food and Drug Administration breakthrough therapies for veteran suicide prevention. The bill requires the Commissioner of Health to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Jones
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Veterans' Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program; created, report. [HB-141]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Department of Veterans Services; Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program. Creates, within the Department of Veterans Services, the Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program (the Program) through which the Department shall collaborate with Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit veterans to participate in undergraduate-level and graduate-level cohorts to assist such veterans in pursuing educational pathways to employment with the Commonwealth. The Department shall report annually to the General Assembly by November
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Sponsored by: Rep. David A. Reid
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024