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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 580

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Relating to: admission of spouses at veterans homes. (FE)

Veteran — Hospitals and home

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows spouses of veterans to be admitted as members to state veterans

homes before the veteran spouse is admitted as a member. Under current law, in

addition to other eligibility requirements, a spouse of a veteran may be admitted to

a state veterans home only if that person's veteran spouse is already a member of the

state veterans home. This bill provides that a spouse of a veteran may be admitted

to a state veterans home even when the person's veteran spouse is not a member of

the state veteran home, if the spouse of the veteran meets all other eligibility

requirements, including that he or she 1) is permanently incapacitated due to

physical disability or age from any substantially gainful occupation; 2) has not been

convicted of certain crimes; 3) provides a financial statement to the Department of

Veterans Affairs; and 4) has care needs that the veterans home is able to provide.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hurd (R) , Magnafici (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Penterman (R) , Petersen (R) , Rozar (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vos (R)

14 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Joers (D) , Marklein (R) , Maxey (R) , Nass (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Taylor (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Jan 30, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Vos, Hurd, Callahan, Murphy, Edming, Penterman, Donovan, Shankland, Gustafson, Armstrong, Behnke, Cabrera, Dittrich, Goeben, Magnafici, Michalski, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Rozar, Stubbs, Subeck and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Nass, Wanggaard, Hesselbein, James, Marklein, Taylor and Testin

  2. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Nov 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  8. Jan 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Maxey added as a coauthor

  10. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Jan 30, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  12. Jan 30, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:20 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  14. Feb 21, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative C. Anderson added as a coauthor

  15. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  16. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1