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Relating to county commissions of veteran affairs
Sponsored by the House Veterans Affairs Committee
Proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs · their explanation · all agency proposals
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 5, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 20, 202592–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 25, 202541–0
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 28, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 28, 2025
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs will now report the number of veteran services provided during the previous fiscal year instead of the previous calendar year. County veterans service leaders must also follow new training rules set by the state commandant rather than following national association requirements.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, the Iowa department of veterans affairs is required to submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly including the county commissions of veteran affairs’ training compliance and hours of veterans’ services provided during the previous calendar year. This bill requires the hours of veterans’ services in the report to be from the previous fiscal year. The bill also requires an executive director or administrator of a county commission of veteran affairs to meet continuing education requirements established by the commandant of the Iowa department of veterans affairs and removes the requirement that an executive director or administrator meet the continuing education requirements of the national association of county veterans service officers.
Why it matters. The Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs will change how it reports the hours of veterans' services provided in its annual report to the governor and the general assembly. County veterans service directors or administrators will now follow continuing education requirements set by the state commandant instead of those set by a national association.2
House subcommittee
Named January 15, 2025 (as HSB 28). On January 21, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 21, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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