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NebraskaLB419109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Change provisions relating to admission to veterans homes and veterans aid

Sponsored By: Dan Lonowski

Signed by Governor

Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Expanded eligibility for veterans homes

Nebraska veterans homes now admit more people under clear rules. You qualify if you served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces (not just training) or served on active duty for training in the Nebraska National Guard, and you were discharged honorable or general. You must have lived in Nebraska for at least two years, need long‑term domiciliary or nursing care, and be unable to earn a livelihood. Your income must make you wholly or partly dependent on public charities, or you must need care available only at a state institution. A spouse can qualify at age 50 if married to the member for at least two years before entrance. Surviving spouses and parents can qualify if they lived in Nebraska two years, are at least 50, cannot earn a livelihood, and are dependent on public charities or need state‑institution care; this includes families of an eligible service member who died in service or from a VA‑rated service‑connected disability, and surviving spouses of eligible members who have since died. If eligibility later ends, there is no right to stay, but no one loses residence just for marrying a member.

Veterans’ Aid rules and application limits

For Nebraska Veterans’ Aid, a “veteran” includes those who served on active duty (not just training) with an honorable or general discharge, those who died in service or from service, and U.S. citizens who served with allied forces in listed periods with honorable or general discharges. You file through a local post service officer, a county veterans service officer, or a state service officer. You can file only one claim every 30 days; a separate funeral claim is allowed. You cannot start a claim at more than one local post at the same time. Your claim counts as filed only when the Director of Veterans’ Affairs receives it. Fund interest cannot be used to organize or run veterans organizations. Staff and the state service office use money the Legislature specifically appropriates, not the $12,000,000 trust fund or its income; when the trust ends, its principal returns to the state treasury.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dan Lonowski

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 171 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 41 • No: 0 • Other: 8

legislature vote • 5/9/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

legislature vote • 4/25/2025

Vote

Yes: 42 • No: 0 • Other: 7

legislature vote • 4/25/2025

Vote

Yes: 41 • No: 0 • Other: 8

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on May 13, 2025

    5/13/2025legislature

  2. Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2

    5/9/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    5/9/2025legislature

  4. Presented to Governor on May 9, 2025

    5/9/2025legislature

  5. Placed on Final Reading

    5/6/2025legislature

  6. Enrollment and Review ER62 adopted

    5/1/2025legislature

  7. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    5/1/2025legislature

  8. Placed on Select File with ER62

    4/30/2025legislature

  9. Enrollment and Review ER62 filed

    4/30/2025legislature

  10. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM606 adopted

    4/25/2025legislature

  11. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    4/25/2025legislature

  12. Placed on General File with AM606

    4/15/2025legislature

  13. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM606 filed

    4/15/2025legislature

  14. Notice of hearing for March 13, 2025

    3/3/2025legislature

  15. Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

    1/22/2025legislature

  16. Date of introduction

    1/17/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    5/13/2025

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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