HOUSE BILL NO. 236                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     An Act relating  to providing a death certificate  for a                                                                   
     deceased veteran without  cost; relating to a program to                                                                   
     honor the  memory of a  deceased veteran;  and providing                                                                   
     for an effective date.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BOB LYNN,  SPONSOR, spoke  in support  of the                                                                   
bill.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE  MAX GRUENBERG,  SPONSOR, introduced  the bill                                                                   
on behalf  of the  State Affairs  Committee. Section  1 gives                                                                   
deceased veterans'  families a copy of the  death certificate                                                                   
to  be used  for official  benefits. Section  2 provides  for                                                                   
honoring   deceased  veterans   by   through  a   certificate                                                                   
expressing   the  State's   grateful   recognition  for   the                                                                   
veteran's service.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Representative Gruenberg  explained the fiscal  note from the                                                                   
Department  of Military  and  Veterans  Affairs for  $50,000,                                                                   
which reflects the cost of the death certificates.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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Co-Chair Meyer reported the two fiscal notes.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair Stoltze  MOVED to report  HB 236 out  of Committee                                                                   
with individual recommendations  and attached new fiscal note                                                                   
by the  Department of Military  and Veterans Affairs  and new                                                                   
fiscal note by the Department  of Health and Social Services.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CS HB  236 (MLV)  was REPORTED  out of  Committee with  a "do                                                                   
pass" recommendation  and  with attached  new fiscal  note by                                                                   
the  Department  of Military  and  Veterans Affairs  and  new                                                                   
fiscal note by the Department  of Health and Social Services.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
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