DAV Chapter March Meetings, Dinners & Events Important COVID-19 Update to Members Like you, we have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation and the latest guidance on how to best respond. As you have seen, the situation is evolving quickly as our federal, state, and local...
House Bill 1645- Veterans. With amendment Authored by Rep. Ben Smaltz Committee – Ways and Means Provides a 100% state income tax deduction for all military service income received by an individual or the individual’s surviving spouse. Establishes the veterans service officer fund (fund) to...
House Bill 1529- Military family matters. Authored by Rep. Steve Bartels Committee – Education Allows for a student to have legal settlement in a school corporation if the student’s parent is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within Indiana while on active...
House Bill 1467- Incentives for veterans to relocate to Indiana. Authored by Rep. Heath VanNatter Co-Authored by Rep. Ryan Hatfield Committee – Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Establishes the regional veterans hiring initiative fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana economic development...
House Bill 1300 – Reservist scholarship program. Authored by Rep. Dale DeVon Committee –Ways and Means Establishes the armed forces reservist tuition scholarship program fund to provide scholarships to certain individuals actively serving in a reserve component of the armed forces of the...
House Bill 1023 – Renter’s deduction for disabled veterans. Authored by Rep. Mike Aylesworth Committee – Ways and Means Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling for use as the disabled veteran’s principal place of residence to claim an additional renter’s...
Senate Bill 557 – Property tax deductions for veterans. Authored by Sen. Erin Houchin Committee – Appropriations Provides that a veteran who is classified as individually unemployable is entitled to a property tax deduction. Removes the limit on the gross assessed value of property...
Senate Bill 544 – Financial aid for military reservists. Authored by Sen. Victoria Spartz Committee – Education and Career Development Provides that a student may apply to participate in the twenty-first century scholars program before or during enrollment in grade 12 without meeting...
Senate Bill 536 – Incentives for attracting and hiring veterans. Authored by Sen. Philip Boots Committee – Pensions and Labor Establishes the regional veterans hiring initiative fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) shall administer the fund....
Senate Bill 483- County service officers. Authored by Sen. Ron Alting Committee – Veterans Affairs and The Military Provides that 5% of the funds that a county receives under the excise tax replacement disbursement shall be used to fund county service officers. Requires a county with more than...
On January 8, 2019, Representative Gus Bilirakis (FL) introduced H.R. 303, the Retired Pay Restoration Act. This bill would extend concurrent receipt authority to longevity retirees with service-connected disabilities rated less than 50 percent disabling. Under current law disabled veterans with...
On the first day of Congress, the new Chair of the Health Subcommittee of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Rep. Julia Brownley, introduced H.R. 95 to modify the calculation of per diem payments the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) makes to homeless grant providers to include partial...