Meetings

• Agenda
• Proposed legislation relating to veterans' and military affiars:
• S-0146.1: Veteran’s preference for the purpose of public employment. (Senator Carrell)
• S-0095.1: Allowing for a veteran designation on drivers' licenses and identicards. (Senator Roach)
• S-0047.2: Relating to veterans' and their spouses' and dependents' classificatino as resident students. (Senator Shin)
• H-0078.2: Relating to provividing property tax relief for active duty military personnel injured in the line of duty.  (Representative Zeiger)
• Military Training and Credentialing, Karen Jensen, Department of Health
• Other State Initiatives for Hiring Veterans, Alexis Oliver, Governor's Executive Policy Office, Heidi Audette, Department of Veterans' Affairs
• I.U.P.A.T. DC5/Helmets to Hardhats outreach to JBLM, Chris Winters, I.U.P.A.T. DC5, Todd Mitchell, Helmets to Hardhats
• Changes to Active Duty Transition Services, Robin Baker, Army Career Alumni Program, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Alexis Oliver, Governor's Executive Policy Office, Mary Forbes, Washington Department of Veterans' Affairs

October 3, 2012

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes
• Briefing on TRICARE in Washington, Glenn Gray, TriWest Healthcare Alliance
• Global War on Terror - PTSD, Tom Schumacher, Behavioral Health Programs, Washington Department of Veterans' Affairs

June 29, 2012

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Team Whidbey, Beth Munns, Oak Harbor City Councilmember
• Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Dr. Rick Schulte, Superintendent, Oak Harbor School District
• What Parents, Schools, and Administrators Should Know, Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission

May 2, 2012

Agenda
Draft Minutes
Prosperity Partnership, the Regional Economic Strategy, and the Military, Olivia Robinson, Puget Sound Regional Council
South Sound Military & Communities Partnership, Dan Penrose, South Sound Military & Communities Partnership
Department of Defense Impact, Kathy Cocus, Kitsap Economic Development Alliance
Overview of Veteran- and Military-Related Bills Passed and Introduced in 2012 (updated version), Karen Epps, Senate Committee Services 

November 30, 2011

• Agenda
• Minutes
• List of Bills for Consideration of Recommendation, Marsha Reily, Office of Program Research
• Suicide Provention Program Presentation, Maj. General Timothy Lowenberg, Adjutant General; Tom Riggs, Director, Washington National Guard Joint Services Support Center
• Update on the future of the Orting Soldiers Home, John Lee, Director, Department of Veterans' Affairs

October 3, 2011

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) Growth Coordination Plan Transportation Alternatives Analysis and Operational Traffic Model, Washington State Department of Transportation/City of Lakewood
• I-5 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Transportation, Washington State Department of Transportation
• Homeless Veterans Services, Washington State Department of Veterans and Military Affairs
• Employment/Mentoring of Returning Veterans, Washington State Employment Security Department and Department of Veterans and Military Affairs

July 28, 2011 

• Agenda
• Minutes

December 8, 2010

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Interstate Compact Presentation, Greg Lynch, Chair, Interstate Compact State Council on Education of Military Children
• Soldiers Homes, Alfie Alvarado-Ramos, Deputy Director, Department of Veterans' Affairs

May 10, 2010

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Audio of Meeting 

December 2, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Bills Considered for Recommendation by the Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs
Corrections to the law regarding adoption petitions (Rep. Kelley)
Military improvement zones (Rep. Kelley, HB 1756 from 2009)
Concerning the Washington soldiers' home (DVA Request Legislation)
Relating to disposition of remains of persons who died while serving on active duty (Rep. Kelley)
In-state tuition for active military stationed in Washington (Rep. Orcutt)
Veterans lay-off and re-employment rights (Rep. Kelley)
Veterans scoring criteria (Rep. Campbell)
Military leave for public employees (Military Department request legislation)
Veterans and Overseas Voters (Secretary of State request legislation)