2025 bills / H.B. 248
H.B. 248 Veteran Protections Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill gives the Division of Consumer Protection the job of enforcing civil penalties against people who illegally help veterans obtain VA benefits. It also spells out which actions are not allowed when someone assists veterans with those benefit claims, and makes some minor technical fixes to related law.
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Official description
- provides that the Division of Consumer Protection is responsible for enforcing civil penalties for individuals who unlawfully provide veterans with assistance in obtaining VA benefits
- clarifies what conduct is not permitted when providing veterans with assistance in obtaining VA benefits
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 248 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 248 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
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Every vote
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how