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Nov. 14, 2025

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Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

Committee Assistant: Angela Gantzer 785-296-4335

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Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

Bills In Committee
SB106 - Permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards and eliminating fees for homeless veterans to obtain birth certificates for purposes of nondriver identification card applications.
SB200 - Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.
HB2273 - Adding a citation to the code of federal regulations to the definition of veteran and disabled veteran.

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Chair

• Sen. Mike Thompson

Vice Chair

• Sen. Rick Billinger

Ranking Minority Member

• Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau

Members

• Senate
•     Sen. Mike Argabright
•     Sen. Craig Bowser
•     Sen. William Clifford
•     Sen. Brenda Dietrich
•     Sen. Renee Erickson
•     Sen. Jeff Klemp
•     Sen. Patrick Schmidt
•     Sen. Brad Starnes
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Staff

• Angela Gantzer - Committee Assistant