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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 817

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Relating to: reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)

Funeral and funeral director Military personnel 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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs coordinates the provision of military funeral honors to deceased members or former members of the military. If the provision of military funeral honors is conducted by a local unit of a member organization of the council on veterans programs or a local unit of a veterans organization certified by the department to provide military funeral honors, the department must reimburse the organization for its cost in providing military funeral honors in an amount of up to $50 per funeral. This bill increases the reimbursement amount to $100 per funeral.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Kurtz (R) , Maxey (R) , Novak (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sinicki (D) , Steffen (R) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R)

9 cosponsors

Brown (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Miresse, Sheehan and Anderson , Moses (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Summerfield (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 4, 2026 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. Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tucker, Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Kurtz, Maxey, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Jacque and Marklein

  2. Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly

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

  3. Jan 15, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Summerfield added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Brown, Sinicki, McCarville and Tenorio

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Moses added as a coauthor

  8. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  10. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  12. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Miresse, Sheehan and Anderson added as coauthors

  13. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:25 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  14. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  15. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  16. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  17. Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  18. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  19. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1