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HB 2820- Appropriations; Veterans; Kitchens; meals; training
Appropriates $300,000 from the State General Fund to ADVS to award a grant to a nonprofit organization
that provides housing, nutrition and other services to military veterans and their families in this state to:
•Purchase a factory-built kitchen.
•Provide health meals of the appropriate portion size to military veterans; and
•Develop a culinary training and placement program for military veterans.
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Gail Griffin
Major Actions: 02/12/20: Assigned to House Military & Veterans Affairs, Appropriations and Rules
Committees
02/17/20: Passed by House Military & Veterans Affairs Committee

HB 2844- G&F; Transfers; Gold Star Children
Allows a person to transfer the person’s big game permit or tag to a qualified organization for use by a
Gold Star child. If the Gold Star child is under 14 years of age, the child must satisfactorily complete the
Arizona hunter education course or another comparable hunter education course that is approved by the
Director of Game and Fish.
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Anthony Kern
Major Actions: 02/12/20: Assigned to House Military & Veterans Affairs and Rules
Committees
02/18/20: Passed by the Natural Resources & Energy & Water Committee
02/19/20: Withdrawn by House Military & Veterans Affairs Committee
02/25/20: Passed by the House Rules Committee
02/26/20: Passed by the House Majority & Minority Caucus’
02/27/20: Passed by the House

HM 2002- Military sexual trauma; servicemembers
Asks the United States Congress to:
•Support the survivors of military sexual assault through funding and gender specific health transition
training;
•Provide funding to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for extensive outreach to those
servicemembers separating from the Armed Forces; and
•Provide continued funding for modernization of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of
Defense health records.
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Richard Andrade
Major Actions: 02/17/20: Passed by House Military & Veterans Affairs Committee

SENATE BILLS

SB 1044 Veterans’ Services, benefits counselors, appropriations (Amended)
Would in addition to any other appropriations made, the sum of $183,900 is appropriated from the state
general fund in fiscal years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 to the department of veterans' services to hire two
additional benefits counselors. The additional benefits counselors shall be located in Apache, Coconino
or Navajo county.
Primary Sponsor: Senator Livingston
Major Actions: 01/15/20: Amended and received a Do Pass vote of 8-0-0-0 by the Senate Transportation
and Public Safety
01/21/20: Received a Do Pass vote of 8-0-0-0 by the Senate Appropriations Committee
01/27/20: Senate Rules Committee, found bill in proper form and constitutional
01/28/20: Passed through both Democrat and Republican Caucus’
02/04/50: Passed as amended in the Senate with vote of 30 – 0
02/04/20: Transmitted to the House
03/02/20: Scheduled to be heard by the House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee