Lawmakers gave first-round approval April 19 to a bill seeking to clarify authorization of disposition of a military member\u2019s remains.<\/p>\n
LB420, introduced by Lincoln Sen. Amanda McGill, would specify that the federal DD Form 93 be recognized as the legal instrument authorizing an individual to direct disposition of military remains.<\/p>\n
A Health and Human Services Committee amendment replaced the bill and would give priority to direct disposition, if a service member dies during active military service, to the individual authorized by the decedent in his or her federal form.<\/p>\n
Lincoln Sen. Kathy Campbell, chairperson of the committee, said the proposal would alleviate a current conflict between Nebraska law and the federal form. State law gives preference regarding disposition to an individual named in a notarized affidavit, she said, which the federal form is not.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis bill and amendment are extremely important to Nebraskans who are on active duty,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n
Sen. Dave Bloomfield of Hoskins supported the bill, calling it \u201cunthinkable\u201d that a different form could take precedence over the federal form updated annually by every service member and prior to each deployment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you sign one of these for your son or your daughter, it gets your attention,\u201d Bloomfield said.<\/p>\n
Omaha Sen. Bob Krist also supported LB420, saying the DD Form 93 is one of the last requests that a military member makes and should be honored by the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis (bill) sets the priority where the priority needs to be,\u201d Krist said.<\/p>\n
Following adoption of the amendment on a 39-0 vote, the bill advanced to select file 40-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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