Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Legislative Update
Here is information on bills in the state legislature to provide programs for veterans. The bills are making their way through the committees, and the deadlines are quickly approaching for committees to finish their work on bills.
Please contact your legislator and ask for their support on the Veteran bills. This can be especially effective if your legislator serves on one of the committees that reviews the bill before it goes up for a vote.
House Committees are here.
Senate Committees are here.
Many of the bills will typically end up in an Omnibus Bill before being sent to the governor for signature.
Find a bill by number, author, topic, committee, or action:
House
Senate
Track the progress of individual bills by registering to be a ‘bill tracker.’ This will provide you with emails that notify when the bill will be heard in committee meetings.
Check committee schedules and meeting minutes. Here is the page for the House Veterans Affairs Division.
House Veterans bills are here.
Senate bills on Veterans’ issues are here.
MN Department of Veterans Affairs tracks the legislation closely and does weekly emails during session. You can sign up for their email lists here.
MDVA E-mail Newsletters [there are 5 email lists, 1 is legislative issues, the others are detailed below]
The MN Dept. of Veterans Affairs now offers e-mail lists to keep you informed of veteran issues in Minnesota. There are five topics: * Minnesota Legislative Issues – Newsletters containing information on legislative issues related to Minnesota Veterans. * Events – Newsletters containing information on events for Minnesota Veterans. * MDVA Newsletter – A monthly newsletter from the MN Dept. of Veterans Affairs about veteran issues. * Flag at Half-Staff – Notification when the flags at the Minnesota Capitol are lowered to half-staff. * News Flash – Press releases and other news items related to Minnesota veterans.
Sign-up for the e-mail newsletters here.
AUSA Legislative Update
