SB 2195 - BURIAL/MEMORIAL - Burial Allowance For Spouse of Veteran at State Cemetery - 2019 -

Burial Benefits Veteran Spouse

A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for veterans' spouses and dependents burial fees at the veterans' cemetery

This bill would...

• Pay the burial costs for Veteran Spouse at Veterans Cemetery
• $160,000

SENATE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS

• Changed appropriations to $250,000
• Committee recommends DO PASS as amended 7-0-0 SJ 347
• Referred to Senate Appropriations
• Committee recommends DO PASS 13-0-1 SJ 487
• PASSED SENATE 46-0 SJ 511

HOUSE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS

• Reduced appropriations from $250,000 to $125,000
• Committee recommended DO PASS as amended 12-0-2 HJ 1206
• Referred to House Appropriations HJ 1215
• Committee recommended DO NOT PASS 19-2-0 HJ 1235
• FAILED HOUSE 44-46 HJ 1299
• Requested Senate to return HJ 1341
• Returned to House SJ 1103
• HOUSE RECONSIDERED  HJ 1371
• PASSED HOUSE 67-27 HJ 1371
• SENATE REFUSED TO CONCUR to amendments SJ 1201
• Senate Conference Committee assigned: Vedaa, Elkin, Marcellais SJ 1201
• House Conference Committee assigned: Schauer, Karls, Johnston

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS AND ACTIONS

• Reduced from $250,000 to $175,000
• Changed from "paying" cost of interring to "defraying" the cost of interring
• Change from 2019-2021 bienium to Period of: March 1, 2020-June 30, 2021
• PASSED SENATE 47-0 SJ 1626
• PASSED HOUSE 69-21 HJ 1888

FISCAL NOTE: $175,000

SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 4/23/2019 SJ 1894