HF2409

This bill aims to revise who can be buried in Minnesota's state veterans cemeteries and allocates funding to support these changes.

Eligibility Expansion: The bill modifies existing rules to include additional categories of individuals eligible for burial in state veterans cemeteries.
- This now includes members of the National Guard or reserve components of the United States Armed Forces who have been honorably discharged, alongside service members who died on active duty, veterans, their spouses, and dependent children.
Funding: The bill appropriates money from the general fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs for implementing the updated burial eligibility rules in the fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Previously, state veterans cemeteries were restricted to service members who died on active duty, eligible veterans, and their immediate families. This bill expands eligibility to also include honorably discharged members of the National Guard or a reserve component, thus broadening the scope of individuals who may be interred in these cemeteries.

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Date	Chamber	Where	Type	Name	Committee Name
March 17, 2025	House		Action	Introduction and first reading, referred to	Veterans and Military Affairs Division
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