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KY HJR100

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Pamela Stevenson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to protect veterans' earned benefits—including retiree pay, healthcare, and disability compensation—from retaliatory or punitive political actions

  • Opposes threats to recall veterans to active duty for court martial proceedings aimed at downgrading or eliminating their earned benefits

  • Affirms veterans' First Amendment right to free speech and condemns using their exercise of that right as grounds to threaten or revoke benefits

  • Applies to more than 370,000 Kentucky veterans and their families, representing approximately 25 percent of the state's population (over one million residents)

  • Directs the Clerk of the House to transmit copies to Representative Pamela Stevenson and the Kentucky congressional delegation

Legislative Description

A JOINT RESOLUTION urging the United States Department of Defense and the federal government to protect the earned benefits of our veterans from retaliatory and punitive measures.

General Assembly

Last Action

to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection3/10/2026
Committee On Committees3/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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