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House Joint Memorial 4012 — Combat-Injured Veterans, Washington Legislature (2026 Regular Session)

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House Joint Memorial 4012 of the State of Washington, 69th Legislature, 2026 Regular Session, read first time 01/19/26 and referred to the Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. It is addressed to the President of the United States, Congress and the Secretaries of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Its recitals say two service members can suffer the same combat injury but receive different treatment based on time served, and that a 2004 law applied only to veterans who served 20 or more years. It prays that the Major Richard Star Act, H.R. 2102 be scheduled for a floor vote to provide full concurrent receipt regardless of years of service.

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     H-2927.1

                           HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4012


     State of Washington        69th Legislature         2026 Regular Session

     By Representatives Penner, Shavers, Couture, Keaton, Donaghy,
     McEntire, Bronoske, Volz, Burnett, Leavitt, Marshall, Abell, Dufault,
     Stuebe, Chase, Barnard, Nance, and Timmons

     Read first time 01/19/26.      Referred   to   Committee   on   Technology,
     Economic Development, & Veterans.




 1       TO THE HONORABLE DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
 2   AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
 3   REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
 4   THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE
 5   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
 6   VETERANS AFFAIRS:
 7       We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of
 8   the   State  of   Washington,   in  legislative   session  assembled,
 9   respectfully represent and petition as follows:
10       WHEREAS, Our nation has a moral obligation to support combat-
11   injured veterans who have made noble and selfless personal sacrifices
12   fulfilling their service protecting our nation; and
13       WHEREAS, Two service members can suffer the same combat injury,
14   but receive vastly different treatment based on each service member's
15   time served, resulting in considerable inequity in the treatment of
16   each service member; and
17       WHEREAS, Congress recognized the inequitable and unfair treatment
18   of the nation's service members in 2004, and passed legislation
19   rectifying the disparity; and
20       WHEREAS, The legislation limited its application to veterans who
21   served 20 or more years, leaving veterans with less than 20 years of
22   service who are forced into medical retirement due to combat-related
23   injuries in the same inequitable position;
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 1       NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the
 2   Major Richard Star Act, H.R. 2102 amending Title 10 of the United
 3   States Code, be scheduled for a floor vote, to prioritize the
 4   nation's moral obligation to all combat-injured veterans and provide
 5   our veterans with full concurrent receipt, regardless of their years
 6   of service.
 7       BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
 8   transmitted by the Secretary of State to the Honorable Donald J.
 9   Trump, President of the United States, the Secretary of the United
10   States Department of Defense, the Secretary of the Department of
11   Veterans Affairs, the President of the United States Senate, the
12   Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each member of Congress
13   from the State of Washington.

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