HB128 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jamie Ison
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Veterans benefits, wife, widow, or child, postsecondary education, scholarships, requirement for veteran's service to have been during war or hazardous duty, deleted, Sec. 31-6-11 am'd.
Summary: The bill would remove the wartime/extrahazardous service requirement for dependents to receive veterans' postsecondary education scholarships and apply that change retroactively to programs begun after January 1, 2011.
What This Bill Does
It changes eligibility so that a veteran's service type does not have to be wartime or extrahazardous for a wife, widow, or child to qualify for postsecondary scholarship benefits. The change would apply retroactively to educational programs started after January 1, 2011. Other eligibility checks, such as identity, Alabama residency, and honorable discharge requirements, would remain in place and be used to verify eligibility.

Who It Affects
Wives, widows, and children of veterans pursuing postsecondary education who would qualify regardless of the veteran's wartime/extrahazardous service.
The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and educational program administrators responsible for determining and granting scholarship eligibility under the revised rules (including retroactive applications).

Key Provisions
Amends Section 31-6-11 to delete the requirement that a veteran's service must be during wartime or extrahazardous conditions for dependents' postsecondary scholarship eligibility.
Makes the change retroactive to educational programs commenced after January 1, 2011.
Maintains existing verification and residency requirements for applicants, with eligibility established by the State Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Specifies that eligibility criteria include establishing identity and veteran/dependent relationship, residency, and satisfactory discharge status as part of the application.

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Subjects: Veterans