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SB 831

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Veterans - Persons Providing Veterans Benefits Services and Veterans Benefits Appeals Services - Fees and Compensation

Sponsor: Senator KlausmeierCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsStatus: Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting, except as authorized by federal law, a person from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing or referring a certain individual to another person for the provision of veterans benefits services or veterans benefit appeals services; establishing standards for the division of attorney's fees in relation to the provision of veterans benefits services or appeals services; requiring a person who charges fees for providing certain veterans benefits services to comply with certain ethical standards; etc.

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Testimony (12)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCampbell, JamesAARPOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDragics, DAVIDlobbyistMaryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVSpangler, AdamOffice of Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVWoods, AnthonyVeterans AffairsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSurber, KurtVeterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)Oral
FAVGross, AndrewIndividualOral
FAVSenator Klausmeier, Senator KlausmeierlegislatorIndividualOral
FWAColas, RayBrownsteinOral
FWABarry, AshleighNational Association for Veteran RightsOral
FWATaylor, WilliamVeterans GuardianOral + Written (PDF)
FWATipton, BenjaminIndividualOral
FWAValentino, EllenIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDragics, DAVIDMaryland Military Coalition & Ft. George G. Meade Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)Registered for: Maryland Military Coalition