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Ch. 343, L. 2025 (House Bill 1293) Created a burial medallion program for Guard members who qualify for no other marker

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Expands benefits Creates a burial medallion for a Guard member who qualifies for no other marker.

Created a new section to chapter 37-18 requiring the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to establish and administer a program providing a medallion, a small durable marker attached to an existing headstone or grave marker, for a national guard or national guard reserve member not buried in the state veterans’ cemetery who does not qualify for another medallion from the state or federal department of veterans affairs. It fills one specific gap: the Guard member who served a full career without a federalization that would earn a federal marker, buried in a family plot. Approved and filed March 14, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, House
  2. In committee Done, House Government and Veterans Affairs, then Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 92-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 46-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • VetterSponsor, House
  • ChristiansonCo-sponsor, House
  • CoryCo-sponsor, Senate
  • DeverCo-sponsor, Senate
  • D. JohnstonCo-sponsor, House
  • KiefertCo-sponsor, House
  • KleminCo-sponsor, House
  • LarsonCo-sponsor, Senate
  • LeforCo-sponsor, House
  • LongmuirCo-sponsor, House
  • MeyerCo-sponsor, Senate
  • SicklerCo-sponsor, Senate

What it touches

  • N.D.C.C. § 37-18-17

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Official record

Read Ch. 343, L. 2025 (House Bill 1293) on the jurisdiction's own record