2026 House Bill 5844

Appropriations: other; Upper Peninsula state veterans cemetery; provide for.

A bill to provide for a state veterans cemetery in the Upper Peninsula; to provide for a comprehensive location analysis and feasibility study to determine the best location for the veterans cemetery; to authorize the acquisition or purchase of land or an interest in land; to allow the designation of state-owned land as a veterans cemetery; to create the Upper Peninsula veterans cemetery fund and provide for the distribution of money from that fund; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities.

Introduced in the House

April 22, 2026

Introduced by Rep. Greg Markkanen (R-110) and 10 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. David Prestin (R-108), Karl Bohnak (R-109), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Gina Johnsen (R-78), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Parker Fairbairn (R-107), Ron Robinson (R-58), Jason Woolford (R-50) and William Bruck (R-30)

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations