| State: |
Bill Summary: |
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Alaska |
H.B. 122
Passed House 4/14/05
Relates to payment of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance on behalf of members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to a combat zone. |
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S.B. 289
Signed by governor 6/19/06, Chapter 80
Establishes a fund for the payment of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance premiums and provides for the payment of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance premiums for Alaska National Guard members. |
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S.B. 290
Provides for the issuance of complimentary fishing and hunting licenses to certain members of the Alaska National Guard returning from active duty deployment; relates to reimbursement of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance paid by members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to a combat zone. |
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S.C.R. 29
Suspends Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 122, relating to payment of premiums for Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance on behalf of members of the Alaska National Guard deployed to a combat zone and to certain other monetary relief for those members. |
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Arizona |
S.B. 1234
Makes an appropriation to the National Guard for life insurance premiums for National Guard members serving in combat zones. |
| California |
A.B. 255
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution 1/31/06
For the 2005-06 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, additionally requires the Military Department to pay for life insurance of every qualified active duty member of the California State Military Reserve who is a California resident in a policy amount of $250,000, as provided. Continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Military Department to pay for life insurance of every qualified active duty member of the California State Military Reserve, as defined. |
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A.B. 294
Authorizes a refundable credit against that tax for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2005, and before January 1, 2009, in an amount equal to the amount paid or incurred by a qualified person, as defined, during the taxable year for qualified life insurance premiums, as defined, not to exceed $200. Requires the refunds to be paid from the Tax Relief and Refund Account. |
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A.B. 2476
Existing law authorizes the payment of a death benefit of $10,000 to the surviving spouse or designated beneficiary of any member of the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, or the Naval Militia who dies or is killed after March 1, 2003, in the performance of duty. This bill makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to this death benefit provision. |
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S.B. 256
Requires the Military Department to reimburse a member of the California National Guard ordered to active duty in the federal military for the cost, not to exceed a specified amount, incurred by that member for purchasing a life insurance policy under either of two specified programs. This bill would continuously appropriate moneys from the General Fund to the Military Department to make these reimbursements, as specified.
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| Connecticut |
S.B. 314
Signed by governor 5/19/06, Public Act 06-62
Grants any member of the Connecticut National Guard whom the governor orders into active state service to have all of the protections afforded to service members on federal active service by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 USC Sections 4301 to 4333, inclusive, and by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, except for the provisions of 50 USC App, Sections 536 and 541 to 549, inclusive, pertaining to life insurance, as amended. |
| Delaware |
H.B. 407
Passed House 6/28/06
Extends line of duty death benefits to any member of the United States armed forces and the Delaware National Guard activated for federal service under Title 10 of the United States Code. |
| Hawaii |
H.B. 2549
S.B. 2880
Creates a special fund to reimburse the life insurance premiums of national guards deployed to a war zone. |
| Illinois |
H.B. 4133
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that, if no beneficiary is designated or surviving at the death of an armed forces member killed in the line of duty, compensation under the Act shall be paid in the following priority: to the surviving beneficiaries designated in the armed forces member's Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Election and Certificate; in accordance with the armed forces member's valid will; or in accordance with the provisions of the Act that apply to other line-of-duty deaths. Applies regardless of when the death occurred, unless compensation was paid before the effective date of the amendatory Act. |
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H.B. 4827
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that, if no beneficiary is designated or surviving at the death of an armed forces member killed in the line of duty, compensation under the Act shall be paid in the following priority: to the surviving beneficiaries designated in the Armed Forces member's Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Election and Certificate; in accordance with the armed forces member's valid will; or in accordance with the provisions of the Act that apply to other line-of-duty deaths. Contains an applicability provision. Provides that every Illinois National Guard member shall receive in his or her mobilization packet a form to designate beneficiaries under this Act. Requires the Department of Military Affairs to conduct an annual audit to determine whether Illinois National Guard members are receiving the form, that the audit shall include a review of mobilization packets for Illinois National Guard members from all regions of the state, and that the Department of Military Affairs shall report its findings to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the General Assembly by April 1 of each year. Amends the Military Code of Illinois and the Illinois National Guardsman's Compensation Act to make conforming changes. |
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H.B. 5251
Signed by governor 6/8/06, Public Act 94-0843
Amends provisions regarding the payment of compensation under the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that, in the case of a person killed in the line of duty who was born out of wedlock and was not an adoptive child at the time of the person's death, a person shall be deemed to be a parent of the person killed in the line of duty only if that person would be an eligible parent of the person killed in the line of duty as defined in the Probate Act of 1975. Applies to a pending claim if compensation was not paid "to the claimant of the pending claim" before the effective date of the amendatory Act. |
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S.B. 776
Passed Senate 4/14/05
Creates the Military Service Members Mortgage Life Insurance Act. Requires the Department of Military Affairs to establish a program for service members called to active duty to assist service members in the procurement of mortgage life insurance and to pay the premiums for such mortgage life insurance. |
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S.B. 2726
Signed by governor 6/8/06, Public Act 94-0844
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that if no Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Election and Certificate form exists for an armed forces member and the armed forces member did not leave a legally binding will, the compensation shall be paid "to the persons and in the priority as set forth in" provisions governing payments to survivors of persons other than armed forces members who are killed in the line of duty. |
| Indiana |
H.B. 1221
Provides a $150,000 death benefit for a member of the National Guard or a reserve component who dies while on military duty, beginning September 11, 2001. Appropriates a sufficient amount from the state general fund for the death benefit. Establishes the veterans' affairs trust fund to finance certain benefits and services to eligible veterans and to fund veteran related projects authorized by the veterans' affairs commission. Funds the trust fund by: (1) taxpayer designation of all or part of a state income tax refund; (2) a quarterly allocation of 0.5 percent of the surplus revenue in the lottery's administrative trust fund; (3) donations; and (4) appropriations or other amounts provided for the fund. Provides that benefits available to eligible veterans from the fund include: (1) tuition reimbursement; (2) temporary emergency aid grants for subsistence and health care; (3) personal loans; (4) an assistance program for veterans in need of services; (5) retraining grants; (6) allocations to the state armory board for use by the military department of the Indiana ceremonial unit in rendering appropriate military honors at state functions and veteran funeral services; (7) grants to veterans associations, veterans organizations, and memorial corporations; and (8) grants to county service officers to improve services to veterans. Requires the department of veterans' affairs to establish a program to reimburse a medal of honor awardee who is a resident of Indiana for participating in patriotic and other official events. Appropriates a sufficient amount from the state general fund to reimburse medal of honor awardees. |
| Iowa |
S.F. 414
Passed Senate 5/5/05
Provides for income tax credits for the cost of purchasing life insurance coverage by certain members of the military who are on active duty and for the payment of a death benefit on behalf of certain members of the military who died. Provides that a member of the National Guard or reserve forces of the United States on active duty in the military service of this state or of the United States is eligible to claim a refundable tax credit for the yearly amount paid by the member for the purchase of a life insurance policy obtained through the federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program during the member's period of active duty. Provides that a death benefit shall be paid by the state on behalf of each member of the National Guard or reserve forces of the United States who died on or after January 1, 2003, and prior to the effective date of the bill, while on active duty pursuant to military orders related to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, or Operation Enduring Freedom. Provides that the death benefit shall be paid by the state in an amount up to and including $250,000 or so much thereof as is necessary to make the total death benefit payable on behalf of the member, including any amount received on behalf of the member from a federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance policy, equal to the amount of $250,000. The bill provides that the adjutant general shall adopt rules necessary to determine eligibility for and to administer the death benefit program. The bill provides that the Department of Revenue shall adopt rules necessary to determine eligibility for and to administer the tax credit program. The bill does not alter, amend, or change the eligibility or applicability requirements of the federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. Provides that the cost of death benefits payable pursuant to the bill is appropriated out of the general fund of the state. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2005, for tax years beginning on or after that date. |
| Kentucky |
H.B. 27
Amends KRS 61.315 to require that the state treasurer pay death benefits in the amount of $75,000 when a member of the Kentucky National Guard or reserve dies on federal active duty; makes an appropriation in the amount of $1,050,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act; makes amendment to KRS 61.315 retroactive to July 1, 2002. |
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H.B. 96
Amends KRS 61.315 to require that the state treasurer pay death benefits in the amount of $75,000 when a member of the Kentucky National Guard or reserve dies on federal active duty; makes an appropriation in the amount of $1,050,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act; makes amendment to KRS 61.315 retroactive to July 1, 2002. |
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S.B. 14
Amends KRS 61.315 to require that the state treasurer pay death benefits in the amount of $75,000 when a member of the Kentucky National Guard or reserve dies on federal active duty; makes an appropriation in the amount of $1,050,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act; makes amendment to KRS 61.315 retroactive to July 1, 2002. |
| Maine |
L.D. 1700
Indefinitely postponed 4/7/06
Provides a $250,000 life insurance policy free to members of the Maine Army National Guard who go into combat zones. |
| Maryland |
H.B. 3
Signed by governor 5/2/06, Chapter 290
S.B. 305
Passed Senate 4/7/06
Establishes the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship; alters eligibility requirements for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program; establishes a specified death benefit for Maryland residents serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts; establishes the Outreach and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs; requires the program to help veterans and their dependents access specified benefits; establishes the Task Force to Study State Assistance to Veterans. |
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H.B. 814
Allows an individual or corporation a credit against the state income tax for 50 percent of the costs incurred to purchase a $250,000 life insurance policy for an individual who is a resident of the state and is in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States in an area designated as a combat zone by the President of the United States; and applies the Act to tax years after 2005. |
| Massachusetts |
H.B. 37
Increases the death benefit awarded to survivors of Guard members killed in the line of duty from $5,000 to $100,000. The change would be made retroactive to October 2001 to include members of the Guard who served in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The death benefit would apply to individuals killed in state or federal actions. |
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S.B. 1531
Provides for a study of active duty death benefits of members of the Massachusetts National Guard. |
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S.B. 1998
Reforms death and disability compensation for officers and enlisted members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth. |
| Michigan |
H.B. 4250
Allows a reservist in any branch of armed forces on active duty to purchase a life insurance policy through the state. |
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H.B. 4456
Provides for state purchase of a supplemental life insurance policy for members of the Michigan National Guard called into active duty. |
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S.B. 396
Provides for state purchase of a supplemental life insurance policy for members of the Michigan national guard called into active duty. |
| Mississippi |
H.B. 1472
Died in committee 2/22/06
Makes an appropriation to the Mississippi National Guard for the purpose of paying certain life insurance premiums for members of the Mississippi National Guard during the time that they are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, for the fiscal year 2006. |
| Missouri |
H.B. 1694
Requires the state to provide full-time, active duty Missouri National Guard personnel with a $250,000 term life insurance death benefit. The benefit must be in force for the entire time the soldier is called to full-time, active duty. |
| New Hampshire |
H.B. 718
Signed by governor 5/22/06, Chapter 138
Requires the state to pay for $250,000 worth of group life insurance coverage for each New Hampshire citizen serving in the military reserves or National Guard and activated. Makes an appropriation for the premium payments. |
| New Jersey |
A.B. 314
S.B. 405
Grants a $250,000 military death benefit payable to the surviving spouse or children of an active member of the New Jersey Army National Guard or Air National Guard who is killed through enemy action, or accident, or resulting from disease or illness contracted, during active duty in federal service or as ordered by the governor. This death benefit is payable to eligible survivors of active National Guard members who were killed on active duty since September 11, 2001. The adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs is directed to administer these death benefit payments. The bill appropriates $1 million to effectuate the purposes of the legislation. |
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A.B. 315
Authorizes the state treasurer to purchase group life insurance coverage for members of the New Jersey National Guard. The coverage would pay a death benefit of $250,000. The state pays the premium for the coverage provided and the coverage would be for the period of service in the Guard. |
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A.B. 517
Creates the "Servicemembers' Life Insurance Reimbursement Fund" in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. Money in the fund would be used exclusively to reimburse members of the New Jersey National Guard for premiums paid under the federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. The bill appropriates $1 million to the fund. Additional money in the fund would be derived from any grants, donations or bequests to the fund. All earnings received from the investment or deposit of moneys in the fund would be credited to the fund. |
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A.B. 970
S.B. 1201
Provides that a member of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) on official leave of absence with or without pay due to federal or state active duty or active duty for training in the reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, when the federal active duty has been ordered by the President of the United States, or in the organized militia of this state, when the state active duty has been ordered by the governor, will be considered to be an active PFRS member. Active member status ensures that police officers and firefighters called to active duty or active duty for training in the military service who are killed or injured remain eligible for PFRS death and disability benefits. |
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A.B. 1359
Creates the "Servicemembers' Life Insurance Reimbursement Fund" in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. Money in the fund would be used exclusively to reimburse members of the New Jersey National Guard for premiums paid under the federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. |
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A.B. 1457
Amends current law concerning the pension provided to the survivors of a police officer or firefighter who dies as a result of an accident sustained in the actual performance of duty to provide the same pension to the survivors of an individual who dies as a result of service in the reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard in a federal active duty status. The surviving spouse receives a pension of 70 percent of final compensation. If there is no surviving spouse, a pension of 20 percent of such compensation will be payable to one surviving child, 35 percent of such compensation to two surviving children in equal shares and if there are three or more children, 50 percent of such compensation will be payable to such children in equal shares. If there is no surviving spouse or child, a pension of 25 percent of the final compensation will be payable to one surviving dependent parent or 40 percent of such compensation will be payable to two surviving parents in equal shares. In addition to the foregoing benefits, there is also paid to the deceased beneficiary an amount equal to 3 1/2 times the final compensation, and the state pays to the member's employer-sponsored health insurance program all premiums for the coverage of the member's surviving spouse and dependent children. |
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A.B. 1983
S.B. 707
Directs the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to provide a $100,000 military death benefit payable to the surviving spouse or children of an active member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States, a reserve component of the armed forces, or the New Jersey National Guard or naval militia who was a citizen of this state at the time of death and who is killed through enemy action, or accident, or resulting from disease or illness contracted while on federal active duty. |
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A.R. 126
Urges the President and Congress to enact the Military Death Benefit Improvement Act of 2005. If enacted, it would increase the military death gratuity, which is paid to the families of service members who are killed while on active duty, from $12,000 to $100,000. It would also apply retroactively to service members who have died on active duty since September 11, 2001. |
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S.B. 404
Creates the "Servicemembers' Life Insurance Reimbursement Fund" in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. Money in the fund would be used exclusively to reimburse members of the New Jersey National Guard for premiums they pay currently for benefits under the federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. The adjutant general would include with the annual budget request for the department a request for funds sufficient to pay reimbursements to members of the National Guard. Additional money in the fund would be derived from any grants, donations or bequests to the fund. All earnings received from the investment or deposit of moneys in the fund would be credited to the fund. |
| New York |
A.B. 6205
S.B. 2947
Provides special indemnity insurance for members of the armed forces; sets up sponsored life insurance program covered service members placed in combat zones; provides maximum coverage of $250,000 and provides for coverage to expire one hundred and twenty days after separation from the service; defines active duty. |
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S.B. 5105
Provides certain benefits and awards to survivors of members of the armed forces who were killed in action. |
| North Carolina |
S.B. 1364
Exempt from income tax certain compensation paid to military personnel or their survivors. |
| Ohio |
H.B. 230
Prohibits discrimination under the Ohio Civil Rights Commission Law and certain other laws on the basis of military status; establishes a voluntary, state-sponsored "patriot discount card" program to provide reduced price discounts for merchandise and services for military personnel; authorizes state agencies to make their interactive video teleconference facilities available at cost to the immediate families of persons deployed on active duty; exempts from taxation the compensation received by members of the Ohio organized militia for active duty state service related to the effort to combat terrorism within the state; grants to a service member serving outside the United States in a contingency operation the same extension of deadlines for filing tax returns and making payments under the Taxation Law that is currently granted service members serving in a combat zone; eases restrictions on the authority of public employers to reemploy retired employees in order to fill a staffing need resulting from an employee being called to active duty; permits taxpayers to use their income tax returns to make contributions to the family members of active duty military personnel; requires the adjutant general to reimburse active duty members of the Ohio National Guard for premiums the members pay for federal Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance; requires the attorney general to appoint a staff member of the Consumer Protection Division to expedite certain cases or issues raised by a person, or the person's immediate family, who is deployed on active duty; eliminates the sales and use tax exemption for investment metal bullion and investment coins in order to provide college tuition waivers to spouses and qualifying former spouses of members of the United States armed forces killed in the line of duty in a combat zone after May 7, 1975; provides a $50,000 death benefit to active duty members of the Ohio National Guard; makes an appropriation. |
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S.B. 16
Requires the adjutant general to reimburse active duty members of the Ohio National Guard for premiums the members pay for federal servicemember's group life insurance. |
| Oklahoma |
S.B. 1031
Passed Senate
Creates the Line of the Duty Compensation Act; specifies parameters for certain persons to be eligible for certain death benefits; authorizes the military department to accept applications for proof of eligibility; and creates the Line of Duty Compensation Revolving Fund. |
| Pennsylvania |
H.B. 1068
Passed House 12/20/05
Provides for association group life insurance for Pennsylvania National Guard. |
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H.B. 1820
Passed House 12/12/05
Provides compensation to persons in active service in connection with the Persian Gulf Conflict or their beneficiaries; authorizes the incurring of indebtedness and the issue and sale of bonds by the Commonwealth for the payment of compensation contingent upon electorate approval; creating a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Compensation Bond Fund; imposing powers and duties on the Department of General Services; makes appropriations; and makes a related repeal. |
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H.B. 2627
Signed by governor 7/7/06, Act 89
Provides for retroactivity of death benefit eligibility. |
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S.B. 35
Prohibits companies issuing life insurance policies from canceling an insured’s policy when the person is a member of the National Guard called to active service or active duty. |
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S.B. 398
Passed Senate 3/14/05
Provides for association group life insurance for Pennsylvania National Guard. |
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S.B. 487
Provides compensation to persons in active service in connection with the Persian Gulf Conflict or their beneficiaries; authorizes the incurring of indebtedness and the issue and sale of bonds by the Commonwealth for the payment of compensation, contingent upon electorate approval; establishes the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Compensation Bond Fund and the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Compensation Bond Sinking Fund; imposes powers and duties on the Department of General Services; and makes appropriations. |
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S.B. 771
Amends the military Affairs Code. Provides for life insurance premium assistance to eligible veterans and active duty members of the armed forces of the United States for an Operation Iraqi Freedom death benefit. |
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S.B. 1043
Signed by governor 7/7/06, Act 105
Provides for association group life insurance for Pennsylvania National Guard and for tuition costs and fees for children and spouses of deceased soldiers. |
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S.R. 161
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to increase the military death gratuity payment and coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and to require the Federal Government to pay the premiums for members of the armed forces. |
| Rhode Island |
H.B. 7212
Signed by governor 7/10/06, Chapter 560
Provides that any member of the National Guard mobilized in excess of 30 days would be reimbursed from the general fund for the cost of premiums incurred for a life insurance policy up to the first $400,000 of coverage. |
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H.B. 7332
Requires the state to reimburse members of the National Guard who have been mobilized in excess of 30 days, for the cost of premiums for federally issued term life insurance coverage, not to exceed $400,000. |
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S.B. 2554
Signed by governor 7/10/06, Chapter 567
Requires the state to reimburse members of the National Guard who have been mobilized in excess of 30 days, for the cost of premiums for federally issued term life insurance coverage, not to exceed $400,000. |
| Tennessee |
H.B. 3161
S.B. 3274
Signed by governor 5/23/06, Public Chapter 749
Requires state treasurer to conduct adequacy study of statutory benefits awarded as the result of death or injury of a member of the national guard in the line of duty. |
| Utah |
S.B. 82
Relates to military life insurance premium. |
| Washington |
H.B. 1343
Passed House 3/10/05
Provides that every member of the National Guard called into active duty shall be issued a life insurance policy with a benefit of $250,000. The premium for the policy shall be paid out of the general fund of Washington for the period of time that the member of the National Guard is on active duty. Declares that, under this act, "active duty" means active state service, active training duty, and federal service. |
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S.B. 6069
Creates the Washington National Guard Life Insurance Reimbursement Account in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from appropriates, gifts, grants, donations, and bequests to the fund must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only reimbursing eligible members of the Washington National Guard for premiums paid for benefits under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program under 38 U.S.C. §1965 et seq. as amended. Only the adjutant general or a designee may authorize expenditures from the account. |
| West Virginia |
S.B. 222
Creates a fund to reimburse group life insurance premiums paid by members of the National Guard called to active duty in combat areas; establishes a Service Members' Group Life Insurance Reimbursement Fund in the State Treasury and promulgation of emergency rules. |
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S.B. 726
Creates a fund to reimburse group life insurance premiums paid by members of the National Guard in exchange for and in recognition of their assumption of extended periods of active duty in combat areas; establishes a Service Members' Life Insurance Reimbursement Fund in the State Treasury; requires promulgation of emergency rules; and provides for appropriations to the fund. |
| Wisconsin |
A.B. 164
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 5/11/06
Adopts, for state income and franchise tax purposes, section 102 of Public Law 108-121 as it relates to exempting from taxation an amount that a person receives as a military death gratuity payment. The federal law increases the payment from $6,000 to $12,000 and amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the entire payment is exempt from taxation. |
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