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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1354 By: Sacchieri
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to veterans; requiring the Oklahoma
7 Department of Veterans Affairs to create certain
8 program to provide certain headstone or marker;
8 providing certain requirements for certain headstone
9 or marker; providing certain burial grant for certain
9 eligible persons; providing certain eligibility
10 requirements; requiring certain promulgation of
10 rules; creating certain revolving fund; providing for
11 codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 37 of Title 72, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish
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18 a program to provide any eligible person or veteran of the Oklahoma
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19 National Guard who meets the requirements set forth in subsection B
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20 of this section to receive a proper memorial headstone or marker
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21 meeting the same physical standards for size, material, composition,
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22 placement, and informational content of the provisions of 38 U.S.C.,
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23 Section 2306. The program shall provide a burial grant for any
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24 veteran or any person who qualifies for reimbursement, as determined
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1 by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. Reimbursement shall
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2 be provided from the National Guard Veteran Burial Revolving Fund
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3 established in Section 2 of this act.
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4 B. To be eligible for the program, the member shall:
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5 1. Have served six (6) or more years in the Oklahoma National
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6 Guard;
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7 2. Have died as a resident of this state;
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8 3. Have been separated or discharged from service honorably or
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9 under honorable conditions; and
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10 4. Not qualify to receive a proper memorial headstone or marker
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11 pursuant to 38 U.S.C., Section 2306.
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12 C. An application process for the implementation of this
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13 program shall be developed by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
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15 D. The Oklahoma Veterans Commission shall promulgate any rules
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16 necessary for the implementation of this act.
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17 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 38 of Title 72, unless there is
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19 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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21 to be designated the "National Guard Veteran Burial Revolving Fund",
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22 which shall be administered by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans
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23 Affairs. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal
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24 year limitations, and shall consist of any legislative
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1 appropriations, donations, and gifts received from any individuals
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2 or organizations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
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3 appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
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4 Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a proper memorial
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5 headstone or marker to an eligible person or veteran of the Oklahoma
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6 National Guard who meets the requirements set forth in Section 1 of
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8 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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