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IA HF469
Bill
Status
2/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Rinker
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AI Summary
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State agencies must give veterans preference over equally qualified applicants for state grants, and veterans receive priority for public assistance programs including family investment program, WIC, child care assistance, and housing vouchers
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Veterans or their dependents enrolled at state universities receive waived undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees (minus any federal veteran financial aid), if the veteran was an Iowa resident before service and was honorably discharged
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Creates a disabled veteran property tax credit equal to property tax owed multiplied by the veteran's disability rating percentage (minimum 20% rating required), capped at $10,000 per property, funded through state appropriations
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Veterans are exempt from fees for DNR camping/facilities, vessel registration, hunting/fishing licenses, wildlife habitat fees, trout fishing fees, vehicle registration (up to 3 vehicles), and driver's license fees; veterans with service-connected disabilities are exempt from permit-to-carry weapons fees
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Substance use disorder facilities and mental health service providers must give veterans priority placement on wait lists ahead of non-veterans, and courts must make every effort to grant scheduling priority to civil actions brought by veterans
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to state services and benefits provided to veterans, including state grants, public assistance programs, business fee waivers, substance use disorder programs, mental health and disability services, undergraduate tuition and fees, disabled veteran tax credits, department of natural resources' licenses and fees, civil litigation priority, permit to carry weapons fees, vehicle registration fees, and driver's licenses, making penalties applicable, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 912.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 912.
3/11/2025