Olsen’s veteran bills clear first committees - press release

SACRAMENTO ––Assemblymember Kristin Olsen’s (R-Modesto) Assembly Bills 150 and 151, bills that honor our state’s veterans, passed unanimously out of both of their respective committees today.

AB 150 would give honorably discharged and current active duty members of the military free admission to California’s State Parks on Memorial Day and Veterans Day holidays.  It passed the through the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee without any opposition.

AB 151 would allow local jurisdictions the option of waiving building and inspection permit fees for ADA-type modifications to homes owned by veterans with service-related disabilities. It passed out of the Local Government Committee with unanimous support.

“Both of these bills clearing committees without even a question of clarification speaks to their merits in bringing these services to our state’s well deserving veterans,” said Olsen. “I look forward to continuing to promote these bills for the benefit of our state’s 1.8 million veterans.”