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Committee considers bills to waive recreation passport fee for Gold Star families
Summary
House Bills 4672 and 4673 would exempt Gold Star families—those who lost an immediate family member in U.S. military service—from the $14 vehicle recreation passport fee. Sponsors and witnesses described the change as a modest, symbolic benefit. The Department of Natural Resources would administer the exemption under HB 4673; no vote was taken.
The House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism took testimony on House Bills 4672 and 4673, a tied package sponsored by Representative Matt Markkanen to provide free recreation passport access to Gold Star families — those who lost an immediate family member in U.S. military service.
Representative Markkanen told the committee the bills are ‘‘not about handing out perks or special favors. This is about respect. It’s…
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