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Committee advances bill exempting 100% VA‑disabled veterans’ homes from property tax
Summary
The Revenue Committee advanced House Bill 68, which would exempt the primary residence of veterans certified as 100% permanent and total by the VA from property taxes (including associated improved land), effective Jan. 1, 2027. The bill passed as amended after assessors and the Veterans Commission raised technical questions about verification and acreage.
Vice chair Steibler asked the Revenue Committee to approve House Bill 68, a veterans’ property‑tax exemption that would exempt the primary residence of veterans certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as “100% permanent and total” from property tax, including associated improved land, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Steibler said the measure follows existing practice for other exemptions and would allow the exemption to follow a surviving spouse as long as the spouse continues to own the property and does not remarry.
Tim Shepherd, executive director of the Wyoming Veterans Commission, told the committee the…
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