2025 bills / H.B. 122
H.B. 122 Military Affairs Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill changes Utah's rules so veterans using federal benefits to pay tuition can qualify for resident student status, and it limits how much state money goes to the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. It also lets the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs accept gifts and donations, sign support agreements with military installations, and moves military base easement rules from one state law chapter into another.
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Official description
- defines terms
- amends resident student status eligibility for veterans who use veteran benefits to pay for tuition
- amends how much money the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children may assess, levy, or collect from Utah legislative appropriations
- clarifies that the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs:
- is required to provide service benefits to service members, veterans, and the families of service members and veterans
- serves as the State Approving Agency for Utah under United States Code, Title 38, Veterans Benefits
- allows the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to receive gifts, contributions, and donations to support service members, veterans, and the families of service members and veterans
- allows the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to enter into an intergovernmental support agreement with a military installation or entity, including the National Guard, to provide support services to the military installation or entity
- repeals Title 63M, Chapter 6, Military Base Easements Act, and enacts sections in Title 71A, Veterans and Military Affairs, related to easements
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 22, 2025Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Jan 22, 2025Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 22, 2025Who voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 21 yes, 2 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how