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Senate passes senior property tax deferral with age, residency changes after debate
Summary
Senate Bill 52, a property-tax deferral option designed to help lower-income seniors keep homes, passed after an amendment lowered the qualifying age from 75 to 70 and reduced required years of residency from 20 to 15; senators debated program mechanics and comparisons to reverse mortgages.
The Utah Senate passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 52, which creates a voluntary property-tax deferral program intended to help income-poor seniors remain in their homes without triggering immediate tax shifts to heirs.
Senator Filmore introduced the bill and moved to circlete the measure while members prepared substitute language. Later, Senator Harper offered Amendment 1, which the chamber adopted; Harper said the amendment changes the eligibility age from 75 to 70 and reduces required years of residency from 20 down to 15. "It goes through and…
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