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Committee advances bill changing membership of Veterans Affairs advisory panel
Summary
The Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee voted March 21 to report Substitute Senate Bill 5338 out of committee with amendments that restore veteran-home representation and add a nominee slot for justice‑involved veterans’ reentry services.
On March 21, 2025, the Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee voted to report out substitute Senate Bill 5338 with amendments that change membership rules for the state Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee.
The bill, as amended, restores a requirement that the advisory committee include two representatives of state veterans homes and specifies that those representatives may be from any of the state veterans homes rather than from named homes only. It also reduces the number of veterans-at-large seats described in the bill from four to two and adds a permissive slot for a representative of a state Department of…
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