SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2273
As Amended by House Committee on Veterans
and Military
Brief*
HB 2273, as amended, would modify the definitions of
“veteran” and “disabled veteran” in several chapters of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated to include those groups and
individuals listed under 38 CFR § 3.7. [Note: 38 CFR § 3.7
lists 25 distinct groups or individuals who are considered to
have performed active military, naval, air, or space service,
and thereby deemed a veteran by the United States
Congress.]
The bill would also add a definition of “veteran” to the
statute governing requirements for the issuance of a 1st
Infantry Division distinctive license plate and would make a
technical change to update a reference to the Kansas
Commission on Veterans Affairs Office, now named the
Kansas Office of Veterans Services (KOVS).
Background
The bill was introduced by the House Committee on
Veterans and Military at the request of a representative of
KOVS.
House Committee on Veterans and Military
In the House Committee hearing, representatives of
KOVS and the Military Officers Association of America
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ provided proponent testimony. The proponents generally
stated the bill would ensure all persons who have been
designated a veteran by an act of Congress would be so
designated consistently throughout the Kansas statutes.
No other testimony was provided.
The House Committee adopted a technical amendment
to fix an error in the bill’s short title.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, as introduced, KOVS, Kansas
Department for Aging and Disability Services, and Kansas
Department of Revenue indicate enactment of the bill would
have no fiscal effect.
Definitions; veterans; disabled veterans
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