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Louisiana / State / 2025 Regular Session

Act 241 of 2025 (HB 116) Widened the uses of the Military Family Assistance Fund and added organizational grants

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2025 Regular SessionTakes effect

Expands benefits Lets the Military Family Assistance Fund pay indigent veteran burials and make grants to organizations serving veterans.

Enacted R.S. 46:122(B)(7), (8) and (C): the fund may also pay indigent veteran burials and indigent student benefits, and the board may make one-time grants of up to $10,000, capped at $100,000 a fiscal year, to 501(c)(3) organizations serving veterans’ education, mental health or housing.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Prefiled
  2. In committee Done, House Judiciary
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 97-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 38-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Act 241
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Peter EganSponsor, Republican, House, District 74
  • Daryl AdamsCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Beryl AmedeeCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Mike BayhamCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Tehmi ChassionCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Raymond CrewsCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Paula DavisCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Kellee DickersonCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Julie EmersonCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Dodie HortonCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Steven JacksonCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Alonzo KnoxCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Annie SpellCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Joe StagniCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Francis C. ThompsonCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • John WybleCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record

What it touches

  • La. R.S. 46:122

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Act 241 of 2025 (HB 116) on the jurisdiction's own record