SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2020
As Recommended by House Committee on
Veterans and Military

Brief*
HB 2020 would authorize the Director of the Kansas
Commission on Veterans Affairs Office (KCVAO) to submit,
on or before April 15, 2022, an initial application to the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) State Veterans Home
Construction Grant Program for the construction of a state
veterans’ home facility located in Douglas, Jefferson,
Leavenworth, Shawnee, or Wyandotte county.

Background
The bill was prefiled for introduction at the request of
Representatives Proctor, Croft, Ellis, French, T. Johnson, and
Neelly.
[Note: HB 2020 contains provisions similar to those of
2021 SB 109 and 2020 SB 479.]

House Committee on Veterans and Military
In the House Committee hearing on February 18,
2021, proponent testimony was provided by Senator
Pittman, Representatives Proctor and T. Johnson, the
Director of the KCVAO, and a private citizen. The proponents
generally stated the bill would allow Kansas to formerly make
an application to be a part of the federal VA cost-share
program for the construction of a new veterans’ home in
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
Northeast Kansas. Written-only proponent testimony was
provided by Representatives Croft and French and 12 private
citizens.
No neutral or opponent testimony was provided.
Fiscal Information
A fiscal note was not available at the time the House
Committee took action on the bill.
Veterans Affairs; construction; facility; veterans homes


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