Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HCR34: Urges Congress to support the Major Richard Star Act to allow all medically retired service members to receive full access to their retirement pay and benefits
Status: Introduced
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARBISON. 6592H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk WHEREAS, Major Richard Star was an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who, after exposure to burn pits during his service, received a diagnosis of lung cancer; and WHEREAS, due to his diagnosis, Major Richard Star was forced to retire before completing twenty years of service and was therefore unable to collect his retirement and disability benefits; and WHEREAS, for every dollar of disability pay they receive, veterans with less than twenty years of service and a disability rating of less than fifty percent will have their retirement pay reduced by a dollar; and WHEREAS, an estimated fifty thousand retired service members are ineligible for concurrent benefits under the current rules; and WHEREAS, according to the Congressional Budget Office, in 2022, the average offset was approximately one thousand nine hundred dollars a month; and WHEREAS, the Major Richard Star Act would remove these restrictions and ensure that all service members who have medically retired can receive full access to retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits; and WHEREAS, after dying from his battle with lung cancer in 2021, Major Richard Star's widow claimed that his greatest goal was to get legislation passed providing for the removal of these restrictions; and WHEREAS, …
Sponsors
- Harbison, Tony (R, 144) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Common questions
- What is HCR34?
- HCR34 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Urges Congress to support the Major Richard Star Act to allow all medically retired service members to receive full access to their retirement pay and benefits.
- What is the status of HCR34?
- Introduced. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HCR34?
- Harbison, Tony (R, 144).
- Where is the official record for HCR34?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HCR34&year=2026&code=R
Source: official Missouri record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.