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Lawmakers Hear Pleas to Fix, Expand Property‑Tax Exemption for 100% Disabled Veterans and Gold Star Spouses
Summary
At a Feb. 13 public hearing, veterans, surviving spouses and municipal officials urged the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee to correct drafting errors in last year’s exemption for 100% permanently and totally disabled veterans and consider extending relief to Gold Star spouses while addressing municipal budget impacts.
Representative Jamie Foster, House cochair of the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, opened a Feb. 13 hearing focused in part on Senate Bill 1276, which would amend last year’s property‑tax exemption for permanently and totally disabled veterans.
Surviving spouses and Gold Star family members described real financial hardship and paperwork barriers that left them out of last year’s enactment. "I was not eligible because my husband died prior to the bill of 10/01/2024," said Mary Liggins, a surviving spouse from Trumbull, who asked lawmakers to amend the bill so the effective date does not exclude people whose veterans died weeks or months earlier.
Rachel Clark, a Gold Star spouse who said her husband Master Sergeant…
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