Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 7121
AN ACT EXCLUDING VETERANS' FEDERAL SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM A PUBLIC DEFENDER.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To exclude all service-connected disability benefits administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from consideration when determining eligibility for assistance from a public defender based on indigency.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 27 to March 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 5 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Mar 27 · stopped28 days
Veterans' and Military Affairs CommitteeFeb 27 to Mar 1112 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Mar 11
- Feb 27Introduced and sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Feb 28Heard in Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Mar 11Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 11Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 21REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 27RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 27FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Mar 27HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Mar 27FILE NO.Both houses