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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 769

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Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE)

Family Motor vehicle State park Veteran

  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, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in

certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle

admission receipt.

This bill provides that a vehicle admission receipt is not required for any vehicle

occupied by a person who is a veteran under federal law or who qualifies under

federal law for a gold star lapel button (commonly known as gold star family), which

signifies that the recipient is the immediate family member of a member of the U.S.

armed forces who died while serving during a time of conflict.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Gustafson (R) , Haywood (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D)

9 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sinicki, Snodgrass, Bare, Joers, Drake, Palmeri, Doyle, Ratcliff, Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Considine, Ohnstad, Andraca, Emerson, Jacobson, Shankland, Shelton, Mursau, Conley, Stubbs, Edming and Haywood; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Agard, Jacque, Taylor, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation

  3. Dec 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 3, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1