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