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Providing for the establishment of a veterans service organization grant program, and making appropriations
Sponsored by the House Appropriations (successor To Hsb 243) Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 10, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 8, 2025
- Done: House committeeApril 9, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 17, 202592–0
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa will create a new grant program to provide matching money to organizations that help veterans. These funds must be used to pay for staff members who assist veterans with their claims. The state's department of veterans affairs will manage the program and the $250,000 set aside for it.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a veterans service organization grant program under the administration of the department of veterans affairs for the purpose of providing matching funds to veterans service organizations, as defined in C.F.R. §14.628(c). The moneys must be used for employing staff who assist veterans with claims. The bill requires the department to adopt application procedures, forms, administrative guidelines, and other rules for implementing and administering the program. The bill creates a veterans service organization grant fund under the control of the department and appropriates $250,000 to the department for deposit in the fund.
Why it matters. Veterans service organizations can apply for matching funds to hire staff who help veterans with their claims. The department of veterans affairs will manage this new grant program using $250,000 appropriated to a new grant fund.2
Senate subcommittee
Named April 22, 2025. On April 23, 2025 it recommended passage.
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