Skip to content

Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 922

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: creating a pilot program to provide civil legal services for veterans who are residents of Milwaukee, Chippewa, Eau Claire, or Dunn county, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Attorney Chippewa county Court — Procedure Dunn county Eau claire county Milwaukee county Veteran Veterans affairs, department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) administers a

program to provide assistance to veterans whose need for services is based upon

homelessness, incarceration, or other circumstances designated by DVA by rule.

DVA currently provides a variety of services under the program, including assistance

with medical and dental care, employment, education, and housing.

This bill requires, until June 30, 2017, DVA to provide civil legal services to

veterans who meet the criteria set by DVA for needing services under the current

program and who live in Milwaukee, Chippewa, Eau Claire, or Dunn county. The bill

requires DVA to establish, by rule, the types of civil legal services it will provide

under the program and allows DVA to contract with one or more nonprofit agencies

or organizations to provide the civil legal services. Under the bill, DVA must submit

an annual report to the legislature on its administration of the civil legal services

assistance program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Hulsey (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pasch (D) , Richards (D) , Sinicki (D) , Wachs (D)

1 cosponsors

Harris (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Wachs, Hesselbein, Richards, Ohnstad, Hintz, Barnes, Hulsey, Sinicki and Pasch; cosponsored by Senator Harris

  2. Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans

  3. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received