SB 24-004 CO

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Under current law, the division of veterans affairs (division) in the department of military and veterans affairs has a duty to supervise county veterans service offices (county offices). The act changes the division's duty to instead monitor county offices. The act changes procedures for the division's payment to counties for the performance of certain veterans services, and requires the division to convene a working group that includes county commissioners to develop a method for distributing state-funded payments. Under current law, the board of county commissioners (board) appoints all veterans service officers and staff for county offices. The board is required to appoint a county veterans service officer, and may authorize the appointed county veterans service officer to hire additional county veterans service officers and staff as the board finds necessary. Under current law, a county veterans service officer is required to have certain military qualifications. The act requires only an appointed county veterans service officer to have these military qualifications. The act adds state certification and United States department of veterans affairs accreditation requirements in order to be a county veterans service officer and for a county veterans service officer to be eligible to serve as a claimant's representative and to assist a veteran claimant with the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim for a United States department of veterans affairs benefit. APPROVED by Governor March 22, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Rod Pelton Republican · primary
• Rhonda Fields · primary
• Lisa Frizell Republican · primary
• William Lindstedt Democratic · primary

1. Mar 22, 2024 Governor Signed · executive
2. Mar 12, 2024 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Mar 11, 2024 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. Mar 11, 2024 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. Mar 6, 2024 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
6. Mar 5, 2024 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · upper
7. Mar 4, 2024 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
8. Mar 1, 2024 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor · lower
9. Feb 29, 2024 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
10. Feb 2, 2024 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower
11. Jan 31, 2024 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
12. Jan 30, 2024 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
13. Jan 25, 2024 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
14. Jan 10, 2024 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper