Committee
Massachusetts Joint Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee
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committee members
James Arena-Derosa (D)
Shirley Arriaga (D)
Michael Brady (D)
Nick Collins (D)
Pat Duffy (D)
Ranking Member
Ryan Fattman (R)
John Gaskey (R)
Patrick Kearney (D)
Chair
Joe McGonagle (D)
Mark Montigny (D)
Estela Reyes (D)
Vice Chair
Mike Rush (D)
Alan Silvia (D)
Joshua Tarsky (D)
Ranking Member
Justin Thurber (R)
Vice Chair
Jeff Turco (D)
Chair
John Velis (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| H50 | Relative to the Veterans' Bonus Division | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3819 | Relative to 100% disabled veteran recreation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3820 | Relative to eligibility of non-Massachusetts origin veterans for state veteran bonus awards | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3821 | Relative to a Veterans' Hall of Fame Commission | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3822 | Relative to enhancing public service pension equity for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3823 | Relative to assisting veterans in need | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3824 | To reform veterans’ services at the municipal level | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3825 | To recognize service to our Commonwealth and Nation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3826 | Resolve to study women veterans and the long-term effects of combat on motherhood | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3827 | Resolutions urging the Congress of the United States to update the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 and remove excessive training requirements mandated for obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3828 | Resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to declare the city of Quincy as the most patriotic city in America | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3829 | Prohibiting the Massachusetts National Guard from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by congress | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3830 | Providing for timely reimbursement of cities and towns for veterans' benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3831 | Supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3832 | Defining "Gold Star families" | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3833 | To establish the Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Salem | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3834 | In support of veterans and dependents through municipal tax bills | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3835 | Honoring as veterans certain persons who served in the National Guard and Reserves | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3836 | Establishing a disabled veteran homestead exemption | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3837 | To enhance opportunities for veterans at the Massachusetts Port Authority | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3838 | To support veteran owned businesses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3839 | Relative to recognition of the "Honor and Remember" flag in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3840 | Fraudulent representation of an accredited veterans service officer, accredited agent or attorney | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3841 | Relative to veterans benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3842 | Resolutions for a United States constitutional amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3843 | Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3844 | Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3845 | Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States for federal regulation of child labor | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3846 | In furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to secure government of the people | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3847 | Recognizing and providing assistance for military service-related injuries from agent orange and burn pits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3848 | Relative to correcting the definition of active duty in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3849 | To exclude Chapter 115 payments to veterans from gross household income calculation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3850 | Establishing the Massachusetts veterans service dog program | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3851 | Resolutions condemning political oppression and encouraging free and fair elections in Cambodia | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3852 | Relative to veteran health, opportunity, notification, observance and respect | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3853 | Ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3854 | Establishing a Vietnam War commemoration fund | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3855 | Relative to annuities for widows and surviving relatives of veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3856 | Relative to increasing the reimbursement of burial expenses for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3857 | Amending the definition of veteran | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3858 | Relative to 100% disabled veteran recreation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3859 | To streamline veterans benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3860 | To establish the Guard enlistment enhancement program | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3861 | Enhancing burial expenses for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3862 | Relative to dependent eligibility for Chapter 115 benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3863 | Relative to COLA adjustments for veteran benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3864 | Relative to public employee benefits for military service members on active duty | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3865 | Relative to reimbursing armed service members | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3866 | Relative to waiving education requirements for skilled veterans to be LPNs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3867 | To increase the annuity for disabled veterans and their families | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3868 | Exempting veterans disability payments as income when they are applying for other Commonwealth services. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3869 | Relative to tax notification for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3870 | Amending the definition of veteran | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3871 | Authorizing amending, updating, and aligning the Commonwealth’s definition of veteran | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3872 | Expanding the mission of the Office of the Veteran Advocate | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3873 | To amend the general officer designation in the state staff of the militia | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3874 | Relative to the Veterans’ Bonus Division | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3875 | Relative to the establishment of a veterans research trust fund | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3876 | Relative to headstones for long-serving or perished members of the Massachusetts National Guard | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3877 | Relative to retirement benefits for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3878 | Relative to veteran disability benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3879 | Providing for prisoners of war | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3880 | Relative to courtesy retail parking spaces designed for non-handicapped veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3881 | Increasing access to medical care for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3882 | Relative to the military family advocacy program, domestic violence and child abuse and neglect | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3883 | Relative to disability benefits for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3884 | Relative to emergency medical transportation provided to veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3885 | Relative to veteran's benefits for surviving spouses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3886 | To enhance access, inclusion, support and equity for military connected families | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3887 | Relative to the definition of a Veteran in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3888 | Resolutions calling on Article V of the United States Constitution for the convening of a convention of the states | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3889 | Relative to extending Veterans benefits to surviving spouses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3890 | Amending death and disability compensation for members of the armed forces and the organized militia of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H4002 | Relative to expanding benefits for disabled veterans and their families | In Committee | 04/03/2025 |
| H4479 | To rescind all previous calls for a federal constitutional convention | In Committee | 09/02/2025 |
| S2455 | To honor our Veterans who serve as emergency responders | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2456 | Providing for timely reimbursement of cities and towns for veterans' benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2457 | Resolutions enhancing global governance via a strengthened and revised United Nations Charter | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2458 | To establish the Guard enlistment enhancement program | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2459 | Recognizing and providing assistance for military service-related injuries from agent orange and burn pits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2460 | Creating equal access to a common application for low-income veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2461 | Relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2462 | Relative to headstones for long-serving or perished members of the Massachusetts National Guard | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2463 | Resolutions for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2464 | In furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to secure government of the people | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2465 | Expanding the National Guard welcome home veterans' bonus to all deployed members | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2466 | Expanding the mission of the Office of the Veteran Advocate | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2467 | Authorizing amending, updating, and aligning the Commonwealth’s definition of veteran | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2468 | Amending death and disability compensation for members of the armed forces and the organized militia of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2469 | Extending the time of military service purchases | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2470 | Excluding Chapter 115 payments to veterans from gross household income calculation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2471 | Prohibiting the Massachusetts National Guard from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by congress | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2472 | Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2473 | Relative to ensuring the safety of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2474 | Resolve memorializing the Massachusetts Delegation, and the United States Congress, on the need for, and support of Syrian War Crimes Procedures | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2475 | Resolve for memorializing the Massachusetts Delegation, and the United States Congress, on the need for general support of NATO, and public education, regarding this subject | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2476 | Resolve for memorializing the Massachusetts Delegation, and the United States Congress, on the need for official, and general support of a Federal ERA, and public education, regarding this subject | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2477 | Relative to waiving education requirements for skilled veterans to be LPNs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2478 | Relative to reimbursement to armed service members | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2479 | Relative to public employee benefits for military service members on active duty | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2480 | Relative to COLA adjustments for veteran benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2481 | Relative to reimbursement for annual training for armed forces members | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2482 | To establish the Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Salem | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2483 | Relative to courtesy retail parking spaces designed for non-handicapped veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2484 | Relative to protecting veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2485 | Relative to military personnel and medical records | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2486 | Relative to Veteran annuities for surviving spouses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2487 | Relative to uniformity in veteran benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2488 | Relative to dependent eligibility for Chapter 115 benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2489 | Relative to veteran health care | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2490 | Relative to outreach to veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2491 | Relative to veteran employment opportunities | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2492 | Relative to appropriate notice for changes to Veterans’ district agreements | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2493 | Relative to housing calculations for Chapter 115 | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2494 | Relative to dental benefits for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2495 | Ensuring the fair treatment of military service members and veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2496 | To recognize service to our Commonwealth and Nation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2497 | Relative to shelter benefits for veterans | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2498 | To properly recognize Massachusetts merchant mariners, living and deceased, who served in an active war zone | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2499 | Relative to erecting a plaque to commemorate the service members from Massachusetts who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for Heroic Services during the Global War on Terror | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2500 | Relative to recognition of the "Honor and Remember" flag in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2501 | Clarifying the duties of the adjutant general | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2502 | Ensuring annuity eligibility for Gold Star Spouses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2503 | To enhance access, inclusion, support and equity for military connected families | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S2504 | Relative to the Veterans’ Bonus Division | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |