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Panel hears bill to give ODVA rulemaking authority to manage unclaimed veterans' cremains
Summary
House Bill 2386 would give the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs explicit authority to adopt rules to implement the unclaimed‑cremains law enacted as HB 2147; ODVA and the bill sponsor said a technical statutory gap prevents the agency from promulgating needed administrative rules to honor and inter remains
Representative Dacia Graber, sponsor, and Dr. Nakia Counsel Daniels testified at a Jan. 28 public hearing about House Bill 2386, legislation to give the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs explicit authority to adopt rules implementing the unclaimed veteran cremains law enacted earlier as House Bill 2147.
Graber said HB 2147 (the 2023 law commonly called the cremains bill) established a process to allow counties and partners to inter unclaimed remains of eligible veterans and their survivors and that HB 2386 is a technical follow‑up to allow ODVA to finalize administrative rules. Daniels told the committee that while the law is in…
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