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Subcommittee considers expanding retired-pay tax exemption to 'uniformed services' and foreign service officers
Summary
Delegate Reid urged passage of HB 47 to expand a 2022 tax subtraction for retired military pay to include 'uniformed services' and certain foreign service officers; Mark Perez testified that Public Health Service officers perform deployed medical and emergency-response duties and should be included.
Delegate Reid presented House Bill 47, which would expand a subtraction enacted in 2022 for retired military pay by replacing a reference to "armed forces" with the broader term "uniformed services," and by adding foreign service officers. Reid said the change would add small groups of people to the exemption in Virginia, including an estimated 20–30 NOAA officers and several hundred U.S. Public Health Service officers.
Mark Perez, identifying himself as a retired United States Public Health Service officer, testified online in support. He described the Public Health Service as "America's health responders" who serve across federal agencies, deploy during epidemics and emergencies, and receive VA benefits. Perez urged the committee to enact the change so those uniformed-service retirees are not excluded by an apparent drafting oversight in the 2022 law.
Chair thanked Perez and the patron and noted the committee will consider fiscal impacts before further action.
