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HB155

Removing Annual Verification for Disabled Veterans' Homestead Tax Exemptions

Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 9:06 AM

In one sentence

This law removes the requirement for permanently and totally disabled veterans to verify their eligibility every year to keep a property tax break on their home.

What it does

  • Removes the rule that requires qualifying permanently and totally disabled veterans to verify their status each year after they first get the exemption.
  • Allows these veterans to keep their homestead exemption without sending in new forms or signatures annually.

Who it affects

  • Veterans of the United States Armed Forces who are determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled.

Limits and unknowns

  • The release from annual verification ends immediately if the veteran dies or establishes a new homestead.
  • This change applies only after an initial qualification for the exemption has been met.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

This act amends Sections 40-7-2.1 and 40-9-21.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to exempt permanently and totally disabled veterans from the required annual verification of eligibility to maintain an exemption of his or her homestead from state ad valorem taxes.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. EnactedHouse
  2. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1169 (Yeas 30, Nays 0)Senate
  3. Third Reading in Second House (Yeas 29, Nays 0)Senate
  4. Signature RequestedSenate
  5. Delivered to GovernorHouse
  6. EnrolledHouse
  7. Ready to EnrollHouse
  8. Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarSenate
  9. Reported Out of Committee Second HouseSenate
  10. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 338 (Yeas 105, Nays 0)House
  11. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 337 (Yeas 104, Nays 0)House
  12. Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 104, Nays 0)House
  13. Pending Committee Action in Second HouseSenate
  14. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General FundSenate
  15. EngrossedHouse
  16. Military and Veterans' Affairs Engrossed Substitute OfferedHouse
  17. Read for the Second Time and placed on the CalendarHouse
  18. Reported Out of Committee House of OriginHouse
  19. Pending Committee Action in House of OriginHouse
  20. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Military and Veterans' AffairsHouse

Changes

Amendments

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This amendment removes the rule that requires permanently and totally disabled U.S. veterans to sign a yearly form proving they still qualify for their property tax exemption.