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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 720

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Relating to: veterans cemetery caretaker positions and making an appropriation. (FE)

Cemetery Public employee Veteran Veterans affairs department of Video recording

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 may operate veterans cemeteries and may employ any personnel that are necessary for the proper management of the cemeteries. This bill increases the authorized positions for DVA by 3.0 positions for the purpose of caring for the three state veterans cemeteries and increases a DVA appropriation account in both fiscal years of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for the positions.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

19 cosponsors

Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Hong (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Neubauer (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Roys, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Johnson, Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Miresse, Joers, Subeck, Stubbs, Kaufert, Udell, Sheehan, Roe, McCarville, Hong, Bare, Arney, Neubauer and Stroud

  2. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

  3. Dec 8, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1